Monday, October 27, 2003
Call Out the Cops
One hopes that after nearly getting smoked in his bed at the Al Rashid Hotel, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul "Dr. Strangelove" Wolfowitz might change his views on the wisdom of the Iraq war. One hopes in vain, of course. American governor-general Paul Bremer has promised a full investigation, as if the incident were an act of vandalism or something. Fact is, Wolfie went into a war zone, and these things happen in war zones. Ironic, also to see U.S. officials responding to what looks like an act of war as if it were a police matter--which is damn well what we should have done on September 11, and what an administration that hadn't made its mind up to fight a war on Iraq years before and only needed an excuse probably would have done.
Nobody reading this blog probably needs to read another piece about hatred of George W. Bush and his lying administration. But if you do, William Rivers Pitt of Truthout.Org provides a good one.
One hopes that after nearly getting smoked in his bed at the Al Rashid Hotel, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul "Dr. Strangelove" Wolfowitz might change his views on the wisdom of the Iraq war. One hopes in vain, of course. American governor-general Paul Bremer has promised a full investigation, as if the incident were an act of vandalism or something. Fact is, Wolfie went into a war zone, and these things happen in war zones. Ironic, also to see U.S. officials responding to what looks like an act of war as if it were a police matter--which is damn well what we should have done on September 11, and what an administration that hadn't made its mind up to fight a war on Iraq years before and only needed an excuse probably would have done.
Nobody reading this blog probably needs to read another piece about hatred of George W. Bush and his lying administration. But if you do, William Rivers Pitt of Truthout.Org provides a good one.
