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Rah! Rah! Rah!

2007-09-12

Good morning Boys and Girls.

Just received an email from my Aunt announcing the birth of her new grandson. This, of course, is impossible since in my mind, her daughter is only about ten years old and still just a little girl herself. Certainly she can't be twenty-eight already and off having babies.

Zowie.

Watched quite a few hours of General Patreaus on the tube the last couple of days. He said very very little of substance. His plan to remove thirty-thousand troops from Iraq next year is moot since (thankfully) more than that many have to come home anyway unless their tours are extended - again.

He says he has no idea what will happen if we continue the current strategy, but he's POSITIVE about what will happen if we leave. Brilliant.

When asked if we're making America safer by playing this silly and oh-so-deadly game, he couldn't even get himself to take a stand one way or the other.

I'm sure this is a man of integrity. I also know his job is to answer to the commander-in-chief and do what he's told. It ISN'T his job to make determinations as to whether the overall plan is a good one, or whether what he's doing is good for the country, or the planet.

Still, I find it ironic that he can foretell the future with such certainty with regards to what would happen if we leave Iraq, but he can't offer an opinion as to whether him doing the president's bidding is even a good idea National Security-wise, or even what will happen if his objectives are met to the letter.

It's a sad joke. I feel sorry for the guy.

It doesn't matter. The people in power can and will justify war for whatever reasons are expedient, and those reasons will change as often and as drastically as necessary, just so there's a war to cheer for. It's like planning a robbery for years and then, after you pull the job, you justify it by claiming that the bank had it coming because they'd charged you one too many overdraft fees - so what if you never even had an account there.

It still freaks me out that people can so easily ignore the fact that GWB claimed he was going to be "a war president" long before he even began officially running for the office.

This isn't outrageous to them. No. That's fine.

But MoveOn.org's ad? Now THAT they find completely outlandish. Amazing.

So, killing and dying for reasons as changeable as a sand hill in a windstorm? -Perfectly acceptable.

Questioning it? Treasonous.

Senator Warner (repeating the question, ever so slightly exasperated): "Does - that- make - America - safer?"

General Patreaous: "Sir, I don't know actually."

What a battle cry! What glorious justification!



Be good to everyone.

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