The Leveller: A modern day regulator

In search of monsters...

He said he was forced to declare a state of emergency because Islamic extremists were threatening the government’s authority.

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Pervez Musharraf — who took power in a 1999 military coup — basically invokes the one sentiment that can give any democratic leader the power to do whatever he/she wants.

It doesn’t take an over active imagination to consider such a move in the U.S. by its president, especially the current one.

So here we go, a dictator in Pakistan is an “indispensable ally” in the war on terror according to Bush. I thought it was freedom we were after. If dictators are acceptable then clearly Saddam Hussein was in the clear because we never worried about a terrorist act occurring within Iraq until he was deposed.

So what are we doing in Iraq, or even Afghanistan anymore I ask. If freedom is what the U.S. supports then clearly its president must speak out against the dictator putting down his country’s own pin-striped revolution. These brave scholars and academics simply want the freedom to vote.

So here the U.S. stands in the eyes of the world: A barrier to freedom in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The U.S. established its beacon in the middle east good enough , a beacon of how to foment unrest and destabilization!

And a nasty little precedent, for any statist leader to go in search of monsters and settle any score they want.

A review by Moyer

_{Originally posted 29 Apr 2007}

‘Four years ago on May 1, President Bush landed on the aircraft carrier USS Lincoln wearing a flight suit and delivered a speech in front of a giant “Mission Accomplished” banner. He was hailed by media stars as a “breathtaking” example of presidential leadership in toppling Saddam Hussein. Despite profound questions over the failure to locate weapons of mass destruction and the increasing violence in Baghdad, many in the press confirmed the White House’s claim that the war was won.’

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This Bill Moyers program was pretty good but easy to put together with the deluge of hindsight bias. This whole experience simply demonstrates how government can justify anything it wants. The fact this war was sold as it was is a tragedy. An even sadder exposition is the subset of Republicans that still support this folly. It is the epitome of humiliating ignorance. As these sorry weasels increasingly compose the ‘excuse’ for the ‘loss’ of this ‘war’ all of us will be forced to endure its consequences.

Everyone should remember fools such as these 3 forever:

and people like them that threatened us with an inevitable mushroom cloud unless Iraq is invaded. Their pride resulting in thousands of U.S. service people’s death will not be forgiven.

They claim to support the troops? But only glorify war.

Bush compares Iraq to Vietnam!!!

_{Originally posted by art on 23 Aug 2007}

In a speech recently Bush makes comparisons between Iraq and Vietnam. This is a good step in the right direction but of course he makes the wrong conclusion. Who ever is writing Bush speeches is simply being obtuse, and ignores reality and I assume is making sense to no one, even the people he is talking to seem to care less and less. As the ripple effect is affecting the economy people will care more about that than anything in Iraq. At least the Vietnamese people in the following article go it right. link to article

On the 3rd Anniversary

_{Originally Posted by Art on 22 March 2006}

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On the 3rd anniversary of the Iraq invasion poor Rumsfeld writes an editorial for the Washington Post titled, “What We’ve Gained In 3 Years in Iraq” “Though there are those who will never be convinced that the cause in Iraq is worth the costs, anyone looking realistically at the world today at the terrorist threat we face can come to only one conclusion: Now is the time for resolve, not retreat.” post article

Well it doesn’t take much effort to realize that more important is “What We’ve Lost In 3 Years in Iraq” Though there are those who will never be convinced that the cause in Iraq is not worth the costs, anyone looking realistically at the world today understands there has always been and always will be a terrorist threat. This is nothing new. Unconvincingly, Rumsfeld’s pathetic editorials continue in the same vain as that of Baghdad Bob during final weeks of the initial invasion of Iraq. Coupled with periodic assessments from sympathetic active duty military generals that depict a failing insurgency the Bush administration itself is an administration that will not ever admit failure and defeat, now is the time for their own pitifull resolve.

Bush also speaks in public on this anniversary yahoo article
We are implementing a strategy that will lead to victory in Iraq. And a victory in Iraq will make this country more secure and will help lay the foundation of peace for generations to come,” he said.

Many politicians both inside and outside Iraq said the continuing violence could only be described as a civil war.

“It is unfortunate that we are in civil war. We are losing each day as an average 50 to 60 people throughout the country, if not more,” former interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi told British Broadcasting Corp. “If this is not civil war, then God knows what civil war is.” The Bush administration and U.S. military leaders disagreed.

“Personally don’t believe, one, that we’re there now; two, that civil war is imminent; and, three, that it is inevitable that it will happen,” Gen. George Casey, the U.S. commander in Iraq, said in an interview with Fox television.

What’s wrong with this moron Casey? His 1,2, and 3 are pretty much the same right? Imminent and inevitable indicate the same thing so whats this 1 – 2 – 3 nonsense. Personally he doesn’t believe it, then our troops are in trouble right?

I’ll close with this for now.

“The two party system … is a triumph of the dialectic. It showed that two could be one and one could be two and had probably been fabricated by Hegel for the American market on a subcontract from General Dynamics.” — I.F. Stone

The greatness of a nation can span generations, a generation can be great once, how great is ours?