Dick Cheney is thrashing about and trashing everyone with contrary opinions to his own regarding the Iraq War. He loved it when he was perceived as the eminence grise behind the `what me worry’ Alfred E. Newman in the White House, but now he’s working overtime to slash opponents of the war and appearing to defend the president. In actuality, his language leaves the president holding the bag for the war. “How dare they say the President would manipulate intelligence, etc., etc., etc.” Isn’t the Veep great defending the President whose war this now is - in spades. Never did Dick stand behind and whisper in the ear; no siree, not our Dick.
Jack Murtha’s not a bad guy, misguided, but not a bad guy, but the rest of you even thinking that the president would manipulate intelligence in order to start the war in Iraq. That’s shameful and dishonest to even let that thought cross your rotten, corrupt, little minds.
The boys in the La Casa Blanca seem to be settling in on a strategy of words; a strategy that makes no sense whatever. It’s okay for Democrat Congressmen to criticize, providing they say George didn’t cook the books. But they can’t criticize unless they come with an alternative.
There are only three choices in Iraq. Stay the course; pull out immediately; or pull out over time. And clearly the Democrats are beating the drums for the last, phased withdrawal. Frick and Frack jump through the ceiling when the phased withdrawal is mentioned as that’s the course they want to follow but can’t bring themselves to say. Obviously, we can’t stay until every Iraqi civilian is dead; we have to plan on leaving. And no matter who says or does it, the insurgents are well aware of our options. The only thing in question is the timing. Alfred E. Newman says we have to wait until the Iraqis can take over. Obviously, the Shias and the Kurds are perfectly willing to have us fight till the last Sunni, and unless we tell them we’re bugging, they’ll be content to let us bleed to death.
By stressing time phased withdrawal the Dems have stolen the administration’s thunder, so Dick and A. E. Newman have to say that’s a terrible idea. But it’s the only idea, and at least Dick knows it. How to get from here to there? Lay the war and the retreat at Frick’s doorstep and blame the cowardly liberals for forcing Frick out before he could finish the job. Just how damn poor is that? Plenty! And clever, too.
So as Dick slashes and burns and blames George for starting the fire, we’ll get out while Dick does his best to walk away from any role in the calamity that he was once proud to bask in reflected glory for having started and won. Obviously, Dick’s the first person in the lifeboat.
Give me a break.
Blog on!
Wild Bill
