Blowing off Steam
I keep focusing on these quotes from today’s address.
“Some may disagree with my decision to remove Saddam Hussein from power, but all of us can agree that the world’s terrorists have now made Iraq a central front in the war on terror,” he said.
No, Mr. President,
You made Iraq a central front on the ‘war on terror’.
You implied the links between Hussein, WMD and terror networks.
You falsified information and went against many well-respected people in Washington who told you it was a bad idea.
You took out the leader of an authoritarian-yet-sovereign nation, allowing the predicted power vaccuum to come to life.
You fulfilled, in their eyes, the prophecies of an American imperialism in the Middle East.
You threw the rocks at the proverbial hornets nest and got the swarm’s temper enflamed.
…and now the world’s terrorists are the ones who turned Iraq into a hotbed for terrorism.
Oh, well. yeah – maybe you’re right.
“This mission isn’t easy, and it will not be accomplished overnight.”
Does that mean you’ll be giving back the flightsuit, then?
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June 30th, 2005 at 9:29 pm
Been catching up on your blog, particularly enjoyed this entry. You’re dead on. If he weren’t such a disaster, Bush would be almost funny sometimes. He’s the self-fulfilling prophet.
January 18th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
It’s a good time to look back on comments like this, as we learn more and more about what was happening backthen. A few months after this news came another of Dubya’s quotes:
“You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.”
CBS News, Washington DC, 6 September, 2006
Yep, the truth will come out, piece by piece, over time. A telling quote from our outgoing President:
“I’ll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office.”
Washington DC, 12 May, 2008