the New York Times editorial board grows a brain and a conscience
Those geniuses are finally coming around to acknowledge the obvious.
"It is time for the United States to leave Iraq, without any more delay than the Pentagon needs to organize an orderly exit."And that one:
"While Mr. Bush scorns deadlines, he kept promising breakthroughs — after elections, after a constitution, after sending in thousands more troops. But those milestones came and went without any progress toward a stable, democratic Iraq or a path for withdrawal. It is frighteningly clear that Mr. Bush’s plan is to stay the course as long as he is president and dump the mess on his successor. Whatever his cause was, it is lost."Duh.
Could have told you all that 4 years ago, New York Times editorial board. And believe me, I am no genius myself. Besides the whole nebulous concept of the invasion and regime change, you only had to take one look at the crew - you know, the Nixon/Iran-Contra/Project for a New American Century/Halliburton gang to know it wasn't gonna work. These guys always loved to play big and tough while the best of them were merely delusional International Relations types (and everyone with a PhD knows that International Relations is where Political Science rejects park their asses.) The worst of them, Rumsfeld and the Vice are alpha male authoritarian bureaucrats - exactly the kind of people old-line corporate America rewards (you know, the real business, banking, defense and oil, not the fruity internet stuff).
As for Georgie boy, he wished it all could go away like it used to - you know, when daddy's buddies would swoop in to bail him out whenever he found himself in a jam... Only 19 months left, Georgie.
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