Category: Politics, Religion & Money

Army Gen. David Petraeus can’t be ignorant, so he must be an idiot. Or he thinks we’re idiots.

The so-called “surge” was supposed to give Iraq “breathing room” to get its political act together. Obviously, the troop build-up had nothing to do with the reduction in violence, as proven by what happened in Basra. It could happen again at any time, and there’s nothing the American military can do to prevent it.

There’s a power struggle in Iraq. The latest example happened to be between two Shiite factions, one of which is the alleged ruling government. Prime Minister al-Maliki took military action in an attempt to assert his political control over Muqtada al-Sadr, and even with our help he didn’t exactly win. Hey Petraeus, you know what this is called?? CIVIL WAR!

Petraeus knows that if he says a single word that isn’t in keeping with what George Bush wants to hear, his career is over. Bush says he listens to the generals and not politicians, but the generals who tried to speak the truth are gone. But ya know what Petraeus needs to think about? If McCain isn’t elected president, his career is over anyway.

The Bush-Cheney apologists are now reduced to making two weak and sorry points justifying our continued presence in Iraq:

• There was less mayhem for a while
• We broke it, so we have to fix it

BUT WE CAN’T FIX IT! The mess over there will play itself out whether or not we’re there. The first order of business for the next president must be to get us out of Iraq.

One of my favorite cereals is Shredded Oats from Barbara’s Bakery. A big 25-oz. box is $3.49 at Trader Joe’s. Take a look at this master race mother and her flawless children on the back of the box.

Are they the products of healthy eating, or some secret engineering project in Aryan genetics?

Busy, busy, busy, folks. Sorry!

But hey, how about the surge, huh? What a difference a day can make. Cheney drops in and says everything’s going super, then overnight Baghdad is a ghost town, with everyone hiding from the expected outbreak of renewed civil war.

Will blog more later. I’m busy with running, and doing taxes (I owe, I owe), and this weekend is Anime Boston!

But I would like to say that I listened to Barack Obama’s entire speech, given in Philadelphia, dealing head-on with the race issue, and I was very impressed. I’d forgotten what’s it like to hear such a lengthy, thoughtful, and coherent speech, delivered effectively from start to finish.