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At some point, a large majority of the people who are currently supporting George W. Bush are going to realize that, for all his folksy manner and macho kick-em-in-the-nuts swagger, George W. Bush is incompetent. He is incompetent now, he has always been incompetent, and he will always be incompetent. He has always always always [...]
A commenter on my last post (
Nixon speechwriter: Drafts are good) says he fears Bush may have made drafts inevitable. I can certainly understand the concern there. I don’t think we can pull out of Iraq — we’ve got a responsibility to the Iraqi people now, and abandoning that responsibility is likely to come back to bite us. [...]
I’ll admit I’m surprised we captured Saddam, and I think it is good and exciting news. The last thing we need is to leave more unfinished business sitting around, and Bush deserves some credit for actually achieving one of his publicly stated goals.
But I expect the road to Iraqi stability remains very long and difficult. [...]
In case you missed it over at “Scott’s”:http://www.gamersnook.com/blog/archives/001202.html, the Bush administration has started saying now that it’s not important for us to find actual weapons of mass destruction, just evidence that a program existed at one time.
See, you’re supposed to “lower expectations”:http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/30/wmd/index.html _before_ you deliver, not after. Seven years in the web development business has taught [...]
I’m seeing a lot of outrage over Iraqis commiting war crimes. Things like having soldiers dressed like civilians, mixing military activity in amongst civilian installations, and showing video of captured American POWs.
The outrage strikes me as misplaced. Or at least redundant.
Let’s look at the *tactical* position Iraq is in. They are faced with a superior military. [...]