WHAT A FOOL, WHAT A TOOL — by Steve Nadis
On one of the many radio talk shows on our NPR station (the names of which blend together, OnPoint, Here and Now, Day to Day, etc.), Jonah Goldberg of the National Review was one of the talking heads yesterday, though on radio maybe a more apt term is disembodied heads. Goldberg laughed off charges that the Bush administration lied about WMDs to get us into war. He said [in a rough paraphrase]: “There was no conspiracy. The WMD thing was just the simplest story that everyone would buy.”
The first statement is flat-out wrong. The second one is fairly plausible and wouldn’t sound objectionable as an explanation, except for the fact that Goldberg sees nothing wrong with that. To him, it’s fine and dandy to say whatever it takes to get us into war–the simplest thing that people are likely to buy. I’d love to see that guy, and other cavalier people of that sort, sent on the next airlift to Iraq. Now there’s a “surge” I could get behind.
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02:13:54
Today’s headline 2-14-07 (for real):
Bush: Iran Is Source of Deadly Weapons
By TERENCE HUNT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Challenged on the accuracy of U.S. intelligence, President Bush said Wednesday there is no doubt the Iranian government is providing armor-piercing weapons to kill American soldiers in Iraq…
Snake, I would have dismissed the idea Bush would actually invade Iran a few weeks ago. Now, it’s looking increasingly plausible. e-GAD! Is there ANYthing we can do to stop all this?? :O
Hi MP, I told myself for a long time that they couldn’t possibly do this but now I, like you, am really worried that they just might be crazy enough (and foolish enough) to do so. And I’m also feeling rather helpless about the whole thing. Bush doesn’t care what people think, so it would take something really drastic to stop them, like having the entire nation go on strike–or go on a hunger strike.
HUNGER strike? Honestly… would that stop Cheney?
(+, I LIKE my pizza & ice cream!)
Didn’t the French have a good idea some 218 years ago??
That is better, MP. Then off w/their heads!