Freak Flag Fly

...in the buildup to war was linking Iraq with the War on Terrorism. He succeeded, in part, because of peoples' willingness to believe lies.

Now, Bush's primary rhetorical challenge is to raise a banner of victory while U.S. troops withdraw from Iraq. Smirk Monkey's success in this matter will depend on his ashwipe enablers among the electorate and punditry developing a new political competence: a willingness to beg the international community for help while blaming Iraqis for the hell wrought by American policymakers.

In other words, we now have a meatrgrinder and have to wait for the Moneky Boy-King and his handlers to come up with a Grand Reputation Bargain.

Hey, I'm happy that Dems won.

But it's too bad it took a phfluckin meatgrinder for Americans to collectively figure out that the moral, legal, and practical dimensions of conducting foreign policy matter.

Message to World: We're still sorry.