Um, Ironic Much?
President Bush on the new bill for funding the war:
Yes, by all means, let's talk about what the Iraqis owe the Americans. Perhaps we could also ask the Nicaraguans to pay us back for all that money we gave to the Contras.
Maybe we could ask the Vietnamese to finally step up and make reparations to the family of Henry Cabot Lodge for the expense of executing Ngo Dinh Diem.
The Russians, too, should be asking Afghanistan to try "to show real progress" for their tireless efforts throughout the 1980s to liberate them from religious tyranny.
And by all means, let's ask the Yankees to offer something in return for all the Red Sox' losses after the Babe Ruth trade. I mean, it's only fair.
Should the Iraqis be doing better? Of course they should. But until we stop treating international relations as some kind of video game and actually think through the consequences of our meddling before we undertake it, we have no right to demand amelioration "in return" for our shortsighted strategies. Sheesh.
As it provides vital funds for our troops, this bill also reflects a consensus that the Iraqi government needs to show real progress in return for America's continued support and sacrifice.
Yes, by all means, let's talk about what the Iraqis owe the Americans. Perhaps we could also ask the Nicaraguans to pay us back for all that money we gave to the Contras.
Maybe we could ask the Vietnamese to finally step up and make reparations to the family of Henry Cabot Lodge for the expense of executing Ngo Dinh Diem.
The Russians, too, should be asking Afghanistan to try "to show real progress" for their tireless efforts throughout the 1980s to liberate them from religious tyranny.
And by all means, let's ask the Yankees to offer something in return for all the Red Sox' losses after the Babe Ruth trade. I mean, it's only fair.
Should the Iraqis be doing better? Of course they should. But until we stop treating international relations as some kind of video game and actually think through the consequences of our meddling before we undertake it, we have no right to demand amelioration "in return" for our shortsighted strategies. Sheesh.
posted by Feemus at
9:35 AM
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Yeah, the Stupid is flowing strong this week. I like how Monica Goodling, in testifying before congress and Immune to Prosecution, said "I know I took political considerations into account on some occasions . . . I know I crossed the line." She didnt think it was ILLEGAL, though it CLEARLY IS, and the GOP were quick with praise for her integrity and her honesty, glad to have her working in the justice Department.
At a certain point, the insanity and absurdity gets to be so much that nothing is surprising or shocking anymore. I heard on NPR this morning, a Hard Core Republican Mother saying that she feared the Dems would wind the presidency because people blame the Republicans for The War, The Economy, Gas Prices, The Justice Department, Abermoff, Guantanamo Bay, Abu Garaib, Katrina, and a host of other things that were clearly not the fault of the sitting president. HA.
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Benticore, at 10:36 AM
yeah, we wouldn't want the Republicans getting blamed for all that torturing they did. Even though, you know, they did it. Unrepentently.
Although I will say that the Dems bear at least some responsibility for the war. I mean, it's time to grow a pair, Democrats.
And oh my god, the Goodling testimony was terrifying. That woman reaches almost W-esque heights of stupidity. I guess you can get as shitty an education at Regent as you can at Yale. Good to know.
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Feemus, at 12:28 PM
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