Knocked Out Loaded
Steve Gilliard is right, BushCo is delusional. Read his interview with ABC’s Elizabeth Vargas, who seems to think that following a question up is just rude. Even in the friendly atmosphere, BushCo’s is embarrassingly bad. He sounds like he’s been pumped full of drugs. Here’s just one of his incomprehensible ramblings:
VARGAS: What is the policy if, in fact, a civil war
should break out or the sectarian violence continues? Are you willing
to sacrifice American lives to get the Sunnis and the Shiites to stop
killing each other?BUSH: I
don’t buy your premise that there’s going to be a civil war. There’s no
question that the bomber of the mosque is trying to create sectarian
violence, and there’s no question there was reaction to it. On the other hand, I had the duty, which I did, to call these leaders, Shi’a and Sunni leaders, as well as Kurdish leaders.
We’re playing way past a civil war. Do you know how I know that’s true? Because BushCo says it isn’t. That and because yesterday BBC World was interviewing experts concerned about a regional war.
BushCo catapults more propaganda:
VARGAS: But what is the plan if the sectarian
violence continues? I mean, do the U.S. troops take a larger role? Do
they step in more actively to stop the violence?BUSH: No.
The troops are chasing down terrorists. They’re protecting themselves
and protecting the people, and — but a major function is to train the
Iraqis so they can do the work. I mean the ultimate success in Iraq –
and I believe we’re going to be successful — is for the Iraqi citizens
to continue to demand unity.
He should have just told Vargas to look up Vietnamization and saved us all the pain of having to listen to him try to form sentences. Heck, he can call it Iraqinamization so he can feel like he owns it.
Riverbend, who, you know, lives there, isn’t sure there’s a civil war going on yet but she knows what she sees:
Yesterday they were showing Sunni and Shia clerics praying together in
a mosque and while it looked encouraging, I couldnā€™t help but feel
angry. Why donā€™t they simply tell their militias to step down- to stop
attacking mosques and husseiniyas- to stop terrorizing people? Itā€™s so
deceptive and empty on television- like a peaceful vision from another
land. The Iraqi government is pretending dismay, but it’s doing nothing
to curb the violence and the bloodshed beyond a curfew. And where are
the Americans in all of this? They are sitting back and letting things
happen- sometimes flying a helicopter here or there- but generally not
getting involved.
I’m all for not getting involved. I was for not getting involved back when we were rushing to get involved and started this whole mess. Too bad Team BushCo and the compliant Congress didn’t see the situation that way.
