"BRING HOME THE TROOPS" by Ted Rall

[DemoTex]

There's only one way the war against Iraq could have gone worse: if Bush hadn't been lying about Saddam Hussein's nuclear program. But short of a Manhattan mushroom cloud, it's hard to imagine a darker scenario than the one we're in. No WMDs. No Saddam. Millions of new enemies. Billions in new debt. And an estimated 35,000 guerillas exacting a terrible tithe--one dead American soldier for every day we stay where we don't belong.

For the cameras, military and Bush Administration officials keep putting a brave face on their folly-turned-quagmire-turned-debacle. Hey, that's their job. The most recent "bring 'em on" moment comes courtesy of General Richard Meyers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Meyers assures us that the President of Iraq's bloodied mug will soon join those of his sons broadcast on Death TV, and that such appearances will reduce attacks on U.S. forces: "If still alive, it's just a matter of time. He is so busy saving his own skin, he is having no impact, no impact on the security situation."

A day after Meyers' rosy prediction, Iraqi resistance fighters bombed an American Humvee in central Baghdad, killing one U.S. soldier and wounding three others. (More ...)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=127&ncid=127&e=1&u=/030731/7/4u94y.html

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. As usuall Ted got it right

And yes this was a mistake and many of us called it that way
even before the shooting started