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"Harry Hope" |
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25 Feb 2007 08:09:52 AM |
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The right wing plays its cynical blame game |
The escalation plan put forwarded by Bush and McCain seems to be
designed to simply run out the clock until Bush leaves office.
The Bush Republicans want the final collapse to occur under the next
President (likely a Democrat.)
Bush and McCain probably believe in the plan but they are fooling
themselves.
Neither man is good at admitting mistakes.
The rest of their Republican supporters in Congress and the Senate
know better.
They are playing politics with the lives of American soldiers in an
effort to retain their political offices.
Republican politicians are trying to create a political myth about
Iraq.
They are falsely claiming that Bush’s failure in Iraq is somehow the
result of Democrats facing reality.
After we withdraw, Republicans will falsely claim that Democrats are
to blame because they finally faced the reality that Bush’s Iraq War
was a mistake from beginning to end.
Bush has lost in Iraq already as far as achieving his public goals for
the mission.
The public knows the truth but the Republican Spin Machine will always
claim that failure in Iraq was because Democrats betrayed the mission.
We can see the effort in action by listening to the Republican talking
points spewing forth from Republican members of Congress like Marsha
Blackburn, Joe Wilson, Virginia Foxx and others during the “troop
surge” escalation debate.
Republicans are trying to create an alternative history completely
divorced from reality.
The Republican Iraq Blame Game is a truly sick tactic by a truly sick
political movement.
I hope thinking Republicans will leave their Party in disgust over it.
http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2007/02/25/p14777
Bush and the Iraq Blame Game
by Stephen Crockett
The Bush Republicans seem to be playing a very cynical political game
concerning the Iraq policy debate.
The overwhelming majority of policy experts and the American public
has already concluded that the Bush White House policies pursued in
Iraq have been complete failures.
The policies were ill-conceived in design and executed poorly at the
political level.
While our military performed very well, they were sent on a mission
that could not be achieved solely by the use of military force.
Policy experts did not plan for the aftermath of the military collapse
of Saddam Hussein’s armies.
Although this writer was one of many who predicted that the Baathist
forces would quickly revert to unconventional warfare when faced by
the overwhelming military superiority of American forces, this
development seems to have caught the Bush White House by surprise.
A prolonged stay by our forces eventually turned a largely grateful
Iraqi population against American occupation.
Any student of psychology would have predicted that outcome.
We do not share the same religious or ethnic background with any of
the elements who compromise the Iraqi people.
Largely, we do not share the same racial background or history.
We do not speak the same language.
Our cultures are completely different.
We were and are outsiders imposing our views and policies on them.
Gratitude for getting rid of Saddam Hussein only goes so far and only
lasts so long.
The Bush Administration simply failed to understand Iraq or the
Iraqis.
The corruption rampant in the awarding and execution of Iraq
reconstruction contracts created resentment by Iraqis.
It meant that goods and services went undelivered or were of poor
quality.
The Iraqis were not given enough control of their own reconstruction.
We failed to provide enough good paying jobs.
We did not use enough Iraq businesses and instead awarded contracts to
large Republican connected corporations.
It was a poor way to execute the reconstruction of Iraq.
It was a recipe for failure.
Our taxpayers were financially raped in the process.
We will be paying the costs of these failures for generations.
The Bush Republicans seemed obsessed with Iraqi Oil and the use of
military force to control it.
They still seem to be playing that game while hiding behind empty
words and slogans.
We cannot build a true American-leaning democracy in Iraq.
The possibility once existed but the Bush Republicans blew it with a
combination of greed and incompetence.
The Iraqis may be able to eventually find their own solutions once we
leave but I find it unlikely that the eventual outcome will be one
that we truly desire.
We have lost the peace thanks to Bush and his political supporters in
the Republican Party.
The escalation plan put forwarded by Bush and McCain seems to be
designed to simply run out the clock until Bush leaves office.
The Bush Republicans want the final collapse to occur under the next
President (likely a Democrat.)
Bush and McCain probably believe in the plan but they are fooling
themselves.
Neither man is good at admitting mistakes.
The rest of their Republican supporters in Congress and the Senate
know better.
They are playing politics with the lives of American soldiers in an
effort to retain their political offices.
Republican politicians are trying to create a political myth about
Iraq.
They are falsely claiming that Bush’s failure in Iraq is somehow the
result of Democrats facing reality.
After we withdraw, Republicans will falsely claim that Democrats are
to blame because they finally faced the reality that Bush’s Iraq War
was a mistake from beginning to end.
Bush has lost in Iraq already as far as achieving his public goals for
the mission.
The public knows the truth but the Republican Spin Machine will always
claim that failure in Iraq was because Democrats betrayed the mission.
We can see the effort in action by listening to the Republican talking
points spewing forth from Republican members of Congress like Marsha
Blackburn, Joe Wilson, Virginia Foxx and others during the “troop
surge” escalation debate.
Republicans are trying to create an alternative history completely
divorced from reality.
The Republican Iraq Blame Game is a truly sick tactic by a truly sick
political movement.
I hope thinking Republicans will leave their Party in disgust over it.
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A typical sleazy right wing tactic. Most intelligent folks aren't
surprised.
Harry
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| User: "Baldin Lee Pramer" |
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| Title: Re: The right wing plays its cynical blame game |
25 Feb 2007 12:02:26 PM |
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On Feb 25, 7:09 am, Harry Hope <riv...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
The escalation plan put forwarded by Bush and McCain seems to be
designed to simply run out the clock until Bush leaves office.
The Bush Republicans want the final collapse to occur under the next
President (likely a Democrat.)
<snip>
Bush has lost in Iraq already as far as achieving his public goals for
the mission.
The public knows the truth but the Republican Spin Machine will always
claim that failure in Iraq was because Democrats betrayed the mission.
We can see the effort in action by listening to the Republican talking
points spewing forth from Republican members of Congress like Marsha
Blackburn, Joe Wilson, Virginia Foxx and others during the "troop
surge" escalation debate.
Republicans are trying to create an alternative history completely
divorced from reality.
__________________________________________________
A typical sleazy right wing tactic. Most intelligent folks aren't
surprised.
Harry
The sad thing is that it will likely work. It will be repeated over
and over, and the majority will come to believe it.
The Bush administration has the sole responsibility for the way this
occupation has gone south. There may have been bipartisan support for
the war powers act that gave Bush the power to do what he wanted vis a
vis Iraq, but what he did -- the disasterous post invasion fiasco,
rests *entirely* on his and his advisors' shoulders. Now they are
trying to weasel out of the responsibility by prolonging the war just
enough so that its ignominious finale will occur
on his successor's watch.
Bush is again sacrificing troops for his own vainglory, and his
slavish followers just readjust their blinders.
If there are any intellegent politically aware Democrats in positions
of power, they should be preparing for this, and actively combatting
it now. I really don't have any confidence the Democrats to deal with
this effectively, though. What really needs to be done is a thorough
examination of the genesis and life cycle of this war, complete with
Congressional hearings, subpoenae and grand juries.
Baldin Lee Pramer
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| User: "Bret Cahill" |
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| Title: Re: The right wing plays its cynical blame game |
25 Feb 2007 11:23:25 AM |
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The real question is what scared Republicons so bad they felt like
they needed to hide behind the troops?
It was the one two punch of the internet and the high tax Clinton
economic boom.
Bret Cahill
The escalation plan put forwarded by Bush and McCain seems to be
designed to simply run out the clock until Bush leaves office.
The Bush Republicans want the final collapse to occur under the next
President (likely a Democrat.)
Bush and McCain probably believe in the plan but they are fooling
themselves.
Neither man is good at admitting mistakes.
The rest of their Republican supporters in Congress and the Senate
know better.
They are playing politics with the lives of American soldiers in an
effort to retain their political offices.
Republican politicians are trying to create a political myth about
Iraq.
They are falsely claiming that Bush's failure in Iraq is somehow the
result of Democrats facing reality.
After we withdraw, Republicans will falsely claim that Democrats are
to blame because they finally faced the reality that Bush's Iraq War
was a mistake from beginning to end.
Bush has lost in Iraq already as far as achieving his public goals for
the mission.
The public knows the truth but the Republican Spin Machine will always
claim that failure in Iraq was because Democrats betrayed the mission.
We can see the effort in action by listening to the Republican talking
points spewing forth from Republican members of Congress like Marsha
Blackburn, Joe Wilson, Virginia Foxx and others during the "troop
surge" escalation debate.
Republicans are trying to create an alternative history completely
divorced from reality.
The Republican Iraq Blame Game is a truly sick tactic by a truly sick
political movement.
I hope thinking Republicans will leave their Party in disgust over it.
http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2007/02/25/p1...
Bush and the Iraq Blame Game
by Stephen Crockett
The Bush Republicans seem to be playing a very cynical political game
concerning the Iraq policy debate.
The overwhelming majority of policy experts and the American public
has already concluded that the Bush White House policies pursued in
Iraq have been complete failures.
The policies were ill-conceived in design and executed poorly at the
political level.
While our military performed very well, they were sent on a mission
that could not be achieved solely by the use of military force.
Policy experts did not plan for the aftermath of the military collapse
of Saddam Hussein's armies.
Although this writer was one of many who predicted that the Baathist
forces would quickly revert to unconventional warfare when faced by
the overwhelming military superiority of American forces, this
development seems to have caught the Bush White House by surprise.
A prolonged stay by our forces eventually turned a largely grateful
Iraqi population against American occupation.
Any student of psychology would have predicted that outcome.
We do not share the same religious or ethnic background with any of
the elements who compromise the Iraqi people.
Largely, we do not share the same racial background or history.
We do not speak the same language.
Our cultures are completely different.
We were and are outsiders imposing our views and policies on them.
Gratitude for getting rid of Saddam Hussein only goes so far and only
lasts so long.
The Bush Administration simply failed to understand Iraq or the
Iraqis.
The corruption rampant in the awarding and execution of Iraq
reconstruction contracts created resentment by Iraqis.
It meant that goods and services went undelivered or were of poor
quality.
The Iraqis were not given enough control of their own reconstruction.
We failed to provide enough good paying jobs.
We did not use enough Iraq businesses and instead awarded contracts to
large Republican connected corporations.
It was a poor way to execute the reconstruction of Iraq.
It was a recipe for failure.
Our taxpayers were financially raped in the process.
We will be paying the costs of these failures for generations.
The Bush Republicans seemed obsessed with Iraqi Oil and the use of
military force to control it.
They still seem to be playing that game while hiding behind empty
words and slogans.
We cannot build a true American-leaning democracy in Iraq.
The possibility once existed but the Bush Republicans blew it with a
combination of greed and incompetence.
The Iraqis may be able to eventually find their own solutions once we
leave but I find it unlikely that the eventual outcome will be one
that we truly desire.
We have lost the peace thanks to Bush and his political supporters in
the Republican Party.
The escalation plan put forwarded by Bush and McCain seems to be
designed to simply run out the clock until Bush leaves office.
The Bush Republicans want the final collapse to occur under the next
President (likely a Democrat.)
Bush and McCain probably believe in the plan but they are fooling
themselves.
Neither man is good at admitting mistakes.
The rest of their Republican supporters in Congress and the Senate
know better.
They are playing politics with the lives of American soldiers in an
effort to retain their political offices.
Republican politicians are trying to create a political myth about
Iraq.
They are falsely claiming that Bush's failure in Iraq is somehow the
result of Democrats facing reality.
After we withdraw, Republicans will falsely claim that Democrats are
to blame because they finally faced the reality that Bush's Iraq War
was a mistake from beginning to end.
Bush has lost in Iraq already as far as achieving his public goals for
the mission.
The public knows the truth but the Republican Spin Machine will always
claim that failure in Iraq was because Democrats betrayed the mission.
We can see the effort in action by listening to the Republican talking
points spewing forth from Republican members of Congress like Marsha
Blackburn, Joe Wilson, Virginia Foxx and others during the "troop
surge" escalation debate.
Republicans are trying to create an alternative history completely
divorced from reality.
The Republican Iraq Blame Game is a truly sick tactic by a truly sick
political movement.
I hope thinking Republicans will leave their Party in disgust over it.
___________________________________________________
A typical sleazy right wing tactic. Most intelligent folks aren't
surprised.
Harry
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