Bob Herbert : "....a terrible sense of dread filtering across America..."

[kentuck]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/24/opinion/24HERB.html

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There's a terrible sense of dread filtering across America at the moment and it's not simply because of the continuing fear of terrorism and the fact that the nation is at war. It's more frightening than that. It grows out of the suspicion that we all may be passengers in a vehicle that has made a radically wrong turn and is barreling along a dark road, with its headlights off and with someone behind the wheel who may not know how to drive.

[dbt]

1. More Choice Morsels From The Article:

How do you get a logical foothold on a war that was nurtured from the beginning on absurd premises? You can't. Iraq had nothing to do with Sept. 11. The invasion of Iraq was not part of the war on terror. We had no business launching this war. Now we're left with the tragic absurdity of a clueless president riding his bicycle in Texas while Americans in Iraq are going up in flames. <snip>

The president's reservoir of credibility on Iraq is bone dry. His approval ratings are going down. Conservative voices in opposition to his policies are growing louder. And the troops themselves are becoming increasingly disenchanted with their mission. Yet no one knows quite what to do. Americans are torn between a desire to stop the madness by pulling the plug on this tragic and hopeless adventure and the realization that the U.S., for the time being, may be the only safeguard against a catastrophic civil war.<snip>

The president is scheduled to give a speech tonight to lay out his "clear strategy" for the future of Iraq. Don't hold your breath. This is the same president who deliberately exploited his nation's fear of terrorism in the aftermath of Sept. 11 to lead it into the long dark starless night of Iraq.<endsnip>

I love the smell of CONservative Desperation in the morning!

:evilgrin:
dbt

[Alerter_]

6. "As for the Iraqis, they've been had."

We're not going to foot the bill in any real sense for the reconstruction of Iraq, any more than we've been willing to foot the bill for a reconstruction of the public school system here at home. There's a reason why Ahmad Chalabi and the Bush crowd were so simpatico for so long. They all considered themselves masters of the con. They all thought that they could fool all of the people all of the time.

[enough]

2. Herbert nails it again.

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As for the Iraqis, they've been had. We're not going to foot the bill in any real sense for the reconstruction of Iraq, any more than we've been willing to foot the bill for a reconstruction of the public school system here at home. There's a reason why Ahmad Chalabi and the Bush crowd were so simpatico for so long. They all considered themselves masters of the con. They all thought that they could fool all of the people all of the time.

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[No Mandate Here.]

3. Wrong Road. Wrong Driver. Wrong Speed. and

No Peace Officers in sight. The bus has 280 million passengers, hasn't been inspected for far too long, and the rich pay no fare- only those who can't afford it.

We've been hijacked, but we will take the bus back.

[markses]

5. Let's Roll?

;-)

[No Mandate Here.]

7. I live about ten miles from Shanksville, PA, so I think

of that phrase all the time- in this context.

I wonder if anyone involved with the survivors would allow its use? Also, would it be seen in the wrong light?

[LittleApple81]

4. I think here at DU there was no filter....we have known this for a long

time...

[Octafish]

8. 10-4. The driver's not only clueless. He's drunk and passed out.