If Alberto Fernandez had added illegal, immoral and incompetent to the stupid and arrogant he would have covered the fiasco well. The word stubborn describes our current stay the course attitude, but maybe stupid covers that too.
I spent 6 years in Texas while Bush was governor.I was appalled that he could convince a majority of Americans to vote for him. Winning in Texas for the Bush's is another thing.
Any product would be superior to a self-righteous moron.
You ask "my party" to field a viable option. Being independent, there isn't much money left for "my party" after the hogs from the Repubs and Dems finish slopping at the trough.
To heetseeker: I respect your opinion & I hope & pray you're right. However, I truly believe the Bush adm. has crossed the bridge.I agree that to attack Iran while the outcome in Iraq hangs in the balance would definitely be the act of a madman; I think Cheney is almost there on that one. He's the one who is really in charge; he's our real President. Cheney is a brilliant person in many ways, but his brilliance has become twisted & perverted by his unquenchable desire for power & his greed.
Arrogance and stupidity? Add to that absolute dishonesty and you've got a clearer picture. Millions of people have been saying this for 3 long years including intelligence, middle east, and military experts. Did this information just reach the Whitehouse or is it election time?
The situation in Iraq reminds me of a picture postcard I bought years ago that pictured an obviously drunken cowboy riding his horse off a cliff. The horse was in mid air plunging head first off the cliff, the cowboy was rearing back with the stirrups pushed forward, the reins pulled back tight and yelling %u201Cwhoa you S O B whoa%u201D. That cowboy didn%u2019t realize he was going over a cliff either.
I must say I cannot see the US invading/ attacking Iran anytime soon... even for this administration such a move would be a bridge too far... for very practical reasons we simply do not have the resources for it...
Furthermore... much as Iran's neighbours do not like its growing influence... to attack Iran whilst the future of Iraq still hangs in the balance would surely be the act of a madman and would inflame not only the middle east but a geographical area stretching from Indonesia to Morocco.... it is therefore simply not on...
Personally I think the administration's rhetoric on Iran is just that... an Iran attack is a no brainer...
To peterbalwin & bluestardad: I agree 100%! I think it is very possible that Fernandez could have been told to say what he did. As long as Bush/Cheney are in office, there will be no troop withdrawals ffom Iraq. They want to maintain control of the Mid. East oil fields by any means possible & the war is way too lucrative for them to stop now. I'm very concerned that if Bush/Cheney remain in office until '08, we will invade Iran ( even if we have a Democrat majority in Congress). I also strongly believe that 911 should be re-opened & re-investigated. However, that is something else that will never happen as long as Bush/Cheney are in office. For those of you who are interested, there is much info. available on the Internet about: Project for the New American Century The Carlyle Group Bechtel Brown & Root Hallibuton Saudi Binladen Group(SGB) History of the Bush family involvement with bin Laden family. Read the book "Crossing the Rubicon" by Micheal C. Ruppert.
The deceit regarding Iraq originated in the administration's desire for bases in Iraq as a means of projecting American power in the middle east. The American public would have never backed a policy of hegemony, so Bush, et.al. veiled the motive with what they thought was a sure bet-that Saddam had WMD's.
When they got caught with their pants down, the motive shifted to regime change, still not admitting that it was all about permanent bases in the middle east.
Congress, by the way, pulled the plug two weeks ago on the funding for these bases, an action that got virtually no news coverage.
Let's say for the purposes of argument, that the comments of Alberto Fernandez were in fact mis-translated... but surely the question is... are they true? To deny the truth, does not make it a lie...
On the issue of Iraq this administration has been clearly arrogant and stupid (at the very least)...
Was it not this same administration that assured us that Saddam was in possession of WMD when the evidence suggested that he was not?... Was it not this administration that constantly dismissed the insurgency as "dead-enders" & "remnants"...
Was it not this administration (under its CPA sub division) that oversaw the bunkering & smuggling of Iraq oil & the squandering of hundreds of millions of dollars... Was it not this administration that oversaw (& in all likelihood instigated)the abuses at Abu Grahib....
Was is not this administration that only last year described the insurgency as being "in its last throes"...
On the issue of Iraq, this administration has not only been arrogant & stupid it has been deceitful, incompetent, lacking in integrity, lacking in humility, dishonest and dillusional...
Fernandez's contrite confession is atypically honest for an administration that is loathe to admit errors. Why did he do it? Because he was told to do it - in the latest chess move in the game to trick and fool the public once again. It is a Rovian ploy to engender hope among the masses that there has been a new Rumsfeld epithany, a turning point - kind of like Lucy, in Schultz's Peanuts, telling Charlie Brown that she would not yank the football this time, that his time she realy, really, sincerely means it. This time the big lie is not going to get much traction, though, because the people have been burned too many times. The tip off was a mere 30 minute meeting between Bush and his top general on the ground on Friday and a niney minute photo-op before bike riding. Nothing will change until the Republican Reichstag is crushed and the child Fuhrer is dethrowned.
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I spent 6 years in Texas while Bush was governor.I was appalled that he could convince a majority of Americans to vote for him. Winning in Texas for the Bush's is another thing.
Any product would be superior to a self-righteous moron.
You ask "my party" to field a viable option. Being independent, there isn't much money left for "my party" after the hogs from the Repubs and Dems finish slopping at the trough.
I respect your opinion & I hope & pray you're right. However, I truly believe the Bush adm. has crossed the bridge.I agree that to attack Iran while the outcome in Iraq hangs in the balance would definitely be the act of a madman; I think Cheney is almost there on that one. He's the one who is really in charge; he's our real President. Cheney is a brilliant person in many ways, but his brilliance has become twisted & perverted by his unquenchable desire for power & his greed.
I must say I cannot see the US invading/ attacking Iran anytime soon... even for this administration such a move would be a bridge too far... for very practical reasons we simply do not have the resources for it...
Furthermore... much as Iran's neighbours do not like its growing influence... to attack Iran whilst the future of Iraq still hangs in the balance would surely be the act of a madman and would inflame not only the middle east but a geographical area stretching from Indonesia to Morocco.... it is therefore simply not on...
Personally I think the administration's rhetoric on Iran is just that... an Iran attack is a no brainer...
I agree 100%! I think it is very possible that Fernandez could have been told to say what he did. As long as Bush/Cheney are in office, there will be no troop withdrawals ffom Iraq. They want to maintain control of the Mid. East oil fields by any means possible & the war is way too lucrative for them to stop now. I'm very concerned that if Bush/Cheney remain in office until '08, we will invade Iran ( even if we have a Democrat majority in Congress).
I also strongly believe that 911 should be re-opened & re-investigated. However, that is something else that will never happen as long as Bush/Cheney are in office.
For those of you who are interested, there is much info. available on the Internet about:
Project for the New American Century
The Carlyle Group
Bechtel
Brown & Root
Hallibuton
Saudi Binladen Group(SGB)
History of the Bush family involvement with bin Laden family.
Read the book "Crossing the Rubicon" by Micheal C. Ruppert.
The deceit regarding Iraq originated in the administration's desire for bases in Iraq as a means of projecting American power in the middle east. The American public would have never backed a policy of hegemony, so Bush, et.al. veiled the motive with what they thought was a sure bet-that Saddam had WMD's.
When they got caught with their pants down, the motive shifted to regime change, still not admitting that it was all about permanent bases in the middle east.
Congress, by the way, pulled the plug two weeks ago on the funding for these bases, an action that got virtually no news coverage.
Let's say for the purposes of argument, that the comments of Alberto Fernandez were in fact mis-translated... but surely the question is... are they true? To deny the truth, does not make it a lie...
On the issue of Iraq this administration has been clearly arrogant and stupid (at the very least)...
Was it not this same administration that assured us that Saddam was in possession of WMD when the evidence suggested that he was not?... Was it not this administration that constantly dismissed the insurgency as "dead-enders" & "remnants"...
Was it not this administration (under its CPA sub division) that oversaw the bunkering & smuggling of Iraq oil & the squandering of hundreds of millions of dollars... Was it not this administration that oversaw (& in all likelihood instigated)the abuses at Abu Grahib....
Was is not this administration that only last year described the insurgency as being "in its last throes"...
On the issue of Iraq, this administration has not only been arrogant & stupid it has been deceitful, incompetent, lacking in integrity, lacking in humility, dishonest and dillusional...