Today’s news includes this quote about our cognitively challenged head of state in name, and his boss, the devious and deceptive vice head:
In an hour and a half meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff in a secure Pentagon room dubbed “the Tank,” Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney heard from leaders of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, who are worried about strains that are building on the forces — and on troops’ families — as a result of lengthy and repeated tours in Iraq. Bush did not speak in person after the meeting, but he issued a statement saying he is committed to giving the military “all it needs to meet the challenges of this new century.”
What exactly does Bush mean when he says he’s committed to giving the military all it needs?? Ignoring the fact that the troops in Iraq have never been properly equipped with body and vehicle armor, even to maintain the present “surge-level” of ground forces the military needs MORE MEN!
This isn’t Viet Nam, when the Draft assured the war’s continuation. The war ended when the Draft ended, and it’s not coming back to feed Iraq. Bush has run out of options. He can’t leave things as they are, so why don’t we just LEAVE??
Bush and Cheney’s other option is, of course, to initiate military action against Iran. And that would be a very, very stupid thing to do. But then, invading Iraq was incredibly stupid. I have confidence that the members of Congress just would not agree to expand beyond Afghanistan and Iraq, nor would they accept any assertion that the vote of October 2002 covers action in Iran.
HA! Looks like a new take on the old saying, “Hell no, we won’t go!”