Bush Plays Superhero in Iraq

[babylonsister]

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/05/331/

Bush Plays Superhero in Iraq
by Matthew Rothschild

Bush and Cheney are playing their ace in the hole: The old, tattered “you don’t support the troops” card.Any Democrat and any Republican too (hear that, Chuck Hagel) who doesn’t want to throw another hundred billion dollars down the tubes for Bush’s Iraq War gets this card thrown at them.

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Amazingly, even at this late date, Bush and Cheney persist in the illusion that victory is possible in Iraq.

In Birmingham, Cheney said, “When members of Congress speak not of victory but of time limits, deadlines, or other arbitrary measures, they’re telling the enemy to simply watch the clock and wait us out. It’s time the self-appointed strategists on Capitol Hill understood a very simple concept: You cannot win a war if you tell the enemy when you’re going to quit.”

In the Rose Garden, Bush said Congress needs to get him the additional funding so we can “go about our business of winning this war.”

Even Henry Kissinger knows that’s not possible.

Deluded about victory, deranged with their power, Bush and Cheney have nothing but disdain for Congress.

“Congress’s most basic responsibility is to give our troops the equipment and training they need to fight our enemies and protect our nation,” Bush said.

Actually, Congress’s most basic responsibility is to uphold the Constitution, a document that neither Bush nor Cheney has any use for.

[rodeodance]

1. complete DEfunding seems to be the ONLY war to stop this Madness!!

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. Sadly, they have completely lost touch with reality.

The question is, what will they do after they finish this deployment & nothing changes? What then?

[Demeter]

3. I'd Say Bush Was Playing Jerry Lewis, If It Weren't So Insulting to Lewis