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Friday, June 29, 2007
In a move certain to overjoy Muslims, Bush says Israel should be the model for Iraq posted by Wally 9:48 AM Every time I think he has achieved the ultimate pinnacle of idiocy, and that he can't possibly say or do something even more stupid and insane, he proves me wrong. President Bush held up Israel as a model for defining success in Iraq, saying Thursday that the goal of the U.S. mission there is not eliminating attacks but enabling a democracy that can function despite continuing violence. Aside from the level of ongoing violence in Israel (car bombings, etc) - violence which he is no longer concerned with quelling, apparently - he is holding up as a "model" the most despised nation in the region. Most of the rest of the nations in the middle east have either attempted to (or threatened to) wipe Israel off the map, or wouldn't lift a finger to stop that from happening. He is saying Iraq should become like their sworn enemies. Good plan. "Our success in Iraq must not be measured by the enemy's ability to get a car bombing in the evening news," he said. "No matter how good the security, terrorists will always be able to explode a bomb on a crowded street." Funny, but I don't recall a lot of car bombs going off in Baghdad before we invaded Iraq. Likewise, in spite of the lax security in much of the free world, in countries like, say, the U.S. or France or Netherlands, you don't seem to hear about the daily car-bombings happening in those countries. It appears to me that the expectations are plummetting rapidly. One might almost begin to think that a wee bit of "reality" is beginning to creep into the White House in spite of the best efforts of the administration. Then Bush does something like suggest that Iraq be more like Israel, and there go any thoughts of a "reality-based" presidency. There (in Israel), Bush said, "Terrorists have taken innocent human life for years in suicide attacks. The difference is that Israel is a functioning democracy and it's not prevented from carrying out its responsibilities. And that's a good indicator of success that we're looking for in Iraq." By "good indicator of success", I wonder if he's referring to the the half-century of war and suffering, or all the car and bus bombing and mortar attacks, or maybe the 100's of billions of dollars in aid we ship to Israel every year. Come to think of it, that sounds like what's happening in Iraq right now. Does that mean we've succeeded? Does that mean we can bring our troops home now? Oy vey! What a quagmire Permalink :: 2 comments :: Post a Comment




	Now he tells us! After we hung Iraqs primero Israeli (Saddam) God gave him Kuwait, he was ethnically cleansing those troublesome Kurds off their land, and on his own dime! If Israel is a functioning Democracy then the word truly has no meaning at all, so what the hell, start shipping the cluster bombs and start shooting rock throwing children...and it won't cost us a dime! Of course we'll just have to learn to look the other way when they attack U.S. military units, but hey it's never bothered us before! We'll need to find a bunch of terrorists to lead this new "Israel", but we've created enough in the last 6 years to last for decades! And let's not forget to give them nukes, wouldn't be another Israel without outlaw nukes. But at least this time it won't cost a dime! That's the part I like best! posted by Anonymous at 2:27 AM


	it won't cost a dime? Hells bells we're already a half trillion into it. You are right about the rest. posted by Sarge at 5:15 AM