Politics: March 2007 Archives

Cheney: House is undermining the troops - Yahoo! News:

"Cheney called it a myth that 'one can support the troops without giving them the tools and reinforcements they need to carry out their mission.'"

(Via Yahoo! News.)

I agree. Providing body armor at the outset of the war would have been nice. Funding proper medical facilities for the wounded after they've sacrificed limb. They went to war with "the army you have." And this is when the administration had a blank check. Actually, this administration has done far more to undermine the troops than the hand-wringing, rubber-for-backbone Dems have ever done. But then again, what else should we expect from a Dick whose every prediction turns out to be wrong?

Facts. They are a show stopper! Ignorance mixed with a touch of condescension and a complete lack of self-knowledge make for a very strong common pattern among these so-called conservatives: they come off like sophomoric fools. The recent interview by Jon Stewart of John Bolton on a recent episode of The Daily Show is a grand example of this common pattern. Bolton's comment, "[Officials in the administration] should be judged on their performance," is particularly poignant. By that standard alone, Bush's presidency is a near-complete failure. (To those who think that the lack of a major terrorist attack in the US is proof of competence, I have one word: Katrina.)

Bolton interview (about 9 minutes):

And the recap setting the record straight (about 5 minutes):

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.