Weapons of mass disTRACTion
It wasn't for nothin' that Bush chose to have his first press conference of 2007 when Congress is having a 3-day debate about sending more troops to Iraq.
The Bushies like to seek distractions -- like carping about Nancy Pelosi's desire to fly nonstop -- anything to take attention from the Iraq war squabble .. and how more and more of his party are crossing over to the Dem side.
During his press conference Bush said that it doesn't matter if the Iranian government knew, or didn't know, that some Iranian nationals were helping distribute IEDs in Iraq.
And I quote:
"Here's my point, either they knew or didn't know. What matters is, is that they're there. What's worse, that the government knew, or that the government didn't know?"
"Here's my point, either they knew or didn't know. What matters is, is that they're there. What's worse, that the government knew, or that the government didn't know?"
Well duh George, if you're threatening to declare war on the Iranian government for actively helping the insurgents .. then yes, it's far worse if the government knew because that would mean they were actually helping the insurgents.
He cut off the guy from CNN who was trying to ask about the contradictions between what Bush is now saying about Iran and what was said by Gen. Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Baghdad recently. Pace said he has seen no intelligence showing that the Iranian government is supplying Iraqi militias with explosives for use against Americans.
Bush is suggesting that it doesn't matter if the government of Iran is to blame .. we're going to blame them anyway. What's the difference? That's like asking "what's the difference if Saddam didn't really have any ties to Al Qaeda?"
Could be that the White House is intentionally trying to send mixed messages about Iran? Partly to tell Iran to Whoa Nelly with the nukes .. partly to tell our Sunni allies (especially the Saudis) that we will be sticking around for a long time with the big guns.
But I've seen articles claiming that Saudi civilians are sending money, arms, etc. to Sunnis in Iraq .. are we going to try and bomb them too?
I waited for someone to ask about the Pentagon selling military equipment to Iran. And about those Saudi-made shoulder-fired missiles found in Iraq.
Bush talks like he is explaining to a 4 y/o .. maybe because that's how things are explained to him.
Follow us home? So now the insurgents are like stray dogs? The Commies in Vietnam didn't follow us home .. despite the fact that the war hawks in Washington kept scaring people with those thoughts ..
Or .. maybe he really means the terrorists who followed us *there*.
If he's afraid "they" will follow us home .. then we can never come home again, can we? So we'll build 8 military bases and the largest Embassy in the world. We ain't leavin' Iraq, folks.
"All your oil are belong to us."
I wanted someone to ask him about all the criminals and felons being waivered into the Army because nobody wants to enlist anymore.
He says he will do what is necessary to protect our troops. How about proper equipment?
He wants Iraq to share its vast resources equally among the people .. hmm, I wonder if that would work here?
He doesn't know if it's a civil war because he isn't there. "Living in this beautiful White House its hard to tell if its a Civil War in Iraq." I guess it's true that he never talks to the boots on the ground.
Money trumps peace. Did he really say that? Is that a new Rightie slogan? He said it in response to a question about European allies who do business with Iran. The Iraq War has been a boon to companies like SAIC, Halliburton, KBR and Blackwater .. so he should know.
The stock market went up 83 pts .. the war machine is salivating...
At least he said that you can be against the war and still support the troops .. he should tell his Rightie buddies that.
If you missed it, you can go to www.whitehouse.gov to get the transcript of this press conference.
BTW .. where was Helen Thomas? Did the White House goons have her tied up in the basement?
Is it 2008 yet?
