I wouldn’t say the bubble has burst, but I’m pretty sure the balloon is deflating as the temperature drops and relations with Congress and the American people chill, even as we head into a long, hot summer.
A White House spokesman said that Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker will meet with Iranian counterparts in
"The president authorized this channel because we must take every step possible to stabilize
Someone refresh my memory…Wasn’t Bush calling Iran part of the “Axis of Evil” (which sounds a hell of a lot more like a problem for Superman and the Justice League, rather than the U.S. military, by the way) not so long ago? I’m pretty that’s what he said…
His Fathers Men tried to save him in December, in the form of the Iraq Study Group, which recommended the
Since that rock-jawed refusal to cope with a reality of their own creation, the Congress has begun to push back and the realization is apparently slowly dawning that if the Resident intends to finish his term, he better pull his head out of his ass and make with the diplomats and the politicians, ‘cuz the Generals and the military can’t do the job alone.
Everyone with a C or better in 8th grade History knows that wars are ended with diplomats and peace talks and treaties, not when the last man is left standing. The Resident has a degree in History from Yale. He is full-measure aware of this salient fact. His refusal to talk was evidence in the eyes of many that he had no desire for, nor intent to pursue, peaceful diplomatic solutions.
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