Monday, January 15, 2007
Consequences of Failure in Iraq
War Party asshats have rallied around the talking point that if there is no surge of 20,000 troops, the consequences could include
Funny, I don't remember War Party numbnuts talking about any of these scenarios when they were selling the war in 2002-2003.
I do remember some visionaries who dared to consider the possiblity of failure (Howard Dean, Dennis Kucinich, Al Gore, Anthony Zinni, Scot Ritter, Robert Scheer, Jonathan Schell, et. al.) getting tagged as unserious thinkers or dirty, scary, America-hating hippies.
Funny, too, that after the dirty hippies were proven right, they are still systematically marginalized from our sphere of public deliberation, while ashwipes like Bill Kristol, Peter Beinart, Fareed Zakaria, John McCain, et. al. still enjoy regular access.
Our political system has deep, deep problems.
- a regional war,
- a new base for Al-Qaeda, and
- emboldened terrorists "following us here."
Funny, I don't remember War Party numbnuts talking about any of these scenarios when they were selling the war in 2002-2003.
I do remember some visionaries who dared to consider the possiblity of failure (Howard Dean, Dennis Kucinich, Al Gore, Anthony Zinni, Scot Ritter, Robert Scheer, Jonathan Schell, et. al.) getting tagged as unserious thinkers or dirty, scary, America-hating hippies.
Funny, too, that after the dirty hippies were proven right, they are still systematically marginalized from our sphere of public deliberation, while ashwipes like Bill Kristol, Peter Beinart, Fareed Zakaria, John McCain, et. al. still enjoy regular access.
Our political system has deep, deep problems.
