Who's taken charge now?

[p_p_man]

It looks as though George has got bogged down in the legalities of bombing Iraq whilst Tony has no such problem. George has been deathly quiet over the last few weeks whilst Tony is building up his fighting talk at a rapid pace. George has said he would produce clear evidence that Iraq is manufacturing and stockpiling weapons of mass destruction, but he never has. Tony said he would produce the "Iraqi Dossier" in a few weeks and I think he will.

George has become rudderless, stuck in a quagmire of his own rhetoric. Tony waited until the time was right to start talking up 'the war'. George's popularity is waning. Tony's popularity is gaining. George has practically no global respect. Tony has enough and more...

So when they meet this weekend in Washington who's really going to be in charge?

ppman

 

[SINthysist]

Remember how we discussed George's dumb look and how sometimes he can come by it quite honestly...

He's been meeting with congress...

...while he's being hammered about not seeking their approval.



Who are you going to believe? The lying lense of the camera or the REAL sexy teleprompter reader giving you his/her commentary on the situation...

 

[SINthysist]

... in a war that Congress gave him permission to wage, then conveniently "forgot" they had given him permission, so they called him onto the carpet to come and plead for their permission...

 

[SINthysist]

And having presented them with evidence, then having to listen to them say, "Well, you know it just wasn't compelling enough for me," when it's compelling enough for good 'ol Tony to put HIS head in the noose.

And your country hasn't even been named the Great Satan and had Jihad declared upon it...

And you wonder why he looks puzzled?

 

[p_p_man]

And having presented them with evidence, then having to listen to them say, "Well, you know it just wasn't compelling enough for me," when it's compelling enough for good 'ol Tony to put HIS head in the noose.

And your country hasn't even been named the Great Satan and had Jihad declared upon it...

And you wonder why he looks puzzled?

That does explain a lot.

Probably Tony's real reason for his visit is to give George a much needed confidence boost. He looks as though he could with one right now.

Poor George.

ppman

 

[SINthysist]

You cannot shake the confidence of an American that easily and Texans are even fawking worse!

Specially with two presidents and a govenor in the family. Insufferable!

 

[Jimi]

What?

You cannot shake the confidence of an American that easily and Texans are even fawking worse!

Specially with two presidents and a govenor in the family. Insufferable!

Are you two erudite gentlemen reversing roles... My confusion mounts...

 

[SINthysist]

HEY JIMI!

Here's a bone for p_p_man. Today's LeBoutillier (the Conservative from Harvard)



Thursday, September 05, 2002



LET SADDAM HANG HIMSELF



With polls showing American public opinion declining for a pre-emptive invasion Iraq, George W. Bush needs to do something neither he nor his father liked to do: sell a policy through public communication.


Unlike his so-called political model – Ronald Reagan – G.W. Bush is often an uninspiring speaker who lacks focus, too often stumbles mid-sentence and tries to get away with a canned ‘photo op’ one-liner.


However, his post-9/11 speech to Congress was excellent.


He is now going to need a series of similar speeches – to the United Nations, to the American people and to Congress – in order to convince a growing group of skeptics to do something new: a pre-emptive war which will certainly cause the very result we condemn: Saddam using chemical and biological ‘weapons of mass destruction.’


Here is the problem:


The Administration simply does not have hard intelligence that Saddam is suddenly a threat to us. Yes, Saddam has these awful weapons – and can probably launch them toward Israel. But hitting the USA from 12,000 miles is a different story.


Let’s face it: our intelligence gathering is atrocious.


The CIA is a joke.


And all they do is hide behind the ago-old dodge: National Security.


That is a convenient way for them to hide their errors.


Yesterday, when briefing Members of Congress – including pro-war Republican conservatives - neither Bush nor Defense Secretary Rumsfeld had any hard intelligence! None!


No wonder they can’t sell this new war to our allies!


The New York Times today reports : “Yet so far the body language of administration officials suggests the new evidence is scant, and by all accounts Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld offered little new evidence at a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill this afternoon.”


Here is what Team Bush ought to do:


1) Get on the same page. Get a policy – and stick with it! These guys are winging it every day – with Cheney saying one thing and Powell the exact opposite. And then they lamely claim they are in agreement.


2) This confusion is a sign of an administration in total disarray and a President not in charge.


3) No wonder the economy and the markets are sluggish. What confidence does Washington inspire with such mixed messages flying through the air?


4) Our policy probably ought to be to let Saddam hang himself. Let the United Nations cut a new deal with Saddam to allow inspectors back in. Then, when Saddam plays his usual ‘stall while we move our stuff’ game, the UN will have proof of his perfidy. Then it will not be so tough to get allies to help us.


5) Getting allies – even Canada, a staunch friend – on board is vital for a number of reasons. The American people – polls show – are uneasy about a go-it-alone strategy.


6) Instead of a ground invasion, why don’t we consider ‘taking out’ all his suspected bunkers, chemical labs and ‘presidential palaces’ with our excellent and highly accurate precision bombing capability? We are even more accurate today than we were during the Gulf War – and that was damn good.


7) Israel back in 1982 in one quick air strike knocked out Saddam’s nuclear plant about to go online. Such a pre-emptive air strike ought to be the model we consider here. The American people would support that overwhelmingly.


8) The problem with a ground invasion is the thought of American boys dying. The key question for a President and for each and every American citizen to consider: is ‘regime change’ in Baghdad worth the life of my son?


9) Most American people do not believe it is worth American lives – not if we can reduce the threat of his weapons by high tech bombing to wipe out his labs and factories.

 

[p_p_man]

Let's face it, George has lost his way...

you may as well do what I would do...

Follow the old UK...

ppman