Another fine mess you've gotten us into, Mister Preznit
Well, it's really the same fine mess, just looking a little more dismal now. As the days have turned into weeks have turned into months, Preznit Pinocchio has stepped up at almost every available opportunity to proclaim how the Iraqi Security Forces have been readying themselves to have it "Brought On" to them. Uh-huh.
The number of the Iraqi army's 86 battalions that can fight insurgents without U.S. and coalition help has dropped from three to one, top U.S. generals told Congress yesterday, adding that the security situation in Iraq is too uncertain to predict large-scale American troop withdrawals anytime soon.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and his commanders yesterday publicly hedged their forecasts of U.S. involvement in Iraq, leaving it unclear when troops will be able to come home or how long it will take before Iraqi security forces can defend their homeland.
Remember, Rumsfeld publically disrespected General Shinseki by not even bothering to come to his retirement to honor his decades of service to this country because he dared to speak the truth.
And in the Day Late and Billions of Dollars Short Department, here are some of our noble republcian Senators either asking questions, or grandstanding for C-SPAN, you decide:
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he believes the United States has not had enough troops to fend off insurgents permanently. McCain also chastised Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, who retires as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff today, for being overly optimistic because "things have not gone as we had planned or expected nor as we were told by you, General Myers."
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Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said she was discouraged by the lack of readiness by the Iraqi security force. She said that it "contributes to a loss of public confidence in how the war is going," and that "it doesn't feel like progress when we hear today that we have only one Iraqi battalion that is fully capable."
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Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) said he doubts that U.S. commanders have a clear handle on the nature of the insurgency and said the war has been more difficult than he expected.
Where in the fuck were these well-meaning "doubting Thomases" oh, say, in the Fall of 2002? Why, they were out beating the war drums on behalf of PNAC and the Chickenhawk Brigade, getting to have photo-ops for their upcoming campaigns against Democratic challengers and standing by as their colleagues slandered good men like Max Cleland and later on John Kerry.
It's hard to give these folks any credibility now, not that I ever did before. McCain lost my respect when he went spelunking up Preznit Endless Anus' rectum, Lindsay Graham has been a tool and a half for years and Susan Collins, reliably wishy-washy...is she a moderate? Is she a conservative? Stay tuned, tomorrow she's something different!
The only sure facts in Mess O'Potamia, no one has fucking clue about what's going to happen when the sun comes up every day except for two things: it's gonna be hot, and the sun will set in the west. Hopefully.
