Army Green Is On The Scene

by pessimist

Ah, there's nothing like being Commander in Chief, is there, Yore Hindni$$? Who else but Yore Military can be relied upon to ki$$ your @$$ when you really need it?

Fresh from their triumphant occupation of New Orleans, giddy with glee, the US military is said to be seeking additional national responsibilities. Reports are that King George is thinking about granting their request. The only problem is, they aren't quite up to the job they were created for in the first place:

The Iraqi soldiers had already searched the house, according to a sticker plastered across the front gate. A fiery explosion erupted from inside, followed by bursts of gunfire. The soldiers stumbled out through smoke, covered in blood.

"If we can get things under control and begin handing off responsibilities here, we can do it anywhere," said Colonel H.R. McMaster, commander of the US Army's Third Armored Cavalry Regiment.

Getting one's troops attacked in a supposed safe house doesn't sound like one is getting things under control, unless one is calling the military takeover of Iraqi ministry functions as such:

The U.S. military plans to take over responsibility from the State Department for providing assistance to Iraq's Defense and Interior ministries, following a determination that greater resources and technical expertise are needed. "Nobody would disagree with the characterization that ministerial development has lagged force generation," said Army Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey, who recently assumed command of the U.S. effort to train Iraq's security forces.

As we can see from the previous example above, the Bu$hCo practice of promoting the incompetent is still in force.

Isn't it evident that when Shia in Baghdad join in the gun battles against US forces, the cause has deteriorated - so much so that the 'allies' of the US have switched allegiances? One has to wonder, based on this observation, why Karen Hughes was sent to Egypt when the response to this move was Egypt (and major federal debt holder Saudi Arabia) joining with Syria against US plans for them.

Could the fact that US image is weakening at home be the motive for the Saudis to buy more of FAUX News? They certainly are sitting on a public-opinion volcano of their own making, and I'm sure there is a lot about news manipulation and public opinion shaping that FAUX can teach them.

Tony Blair might want to pay more attention, because he's seen as being so far out of touch with the British people that there are public calls for his resignation as Prime Minister - from his deputy!

That would be like Cheney telling the Washington Times that it's time for 'Unka' Dick to openly run things! As Newsday columnist Les Payne puts it:

If Jon Stewart has taught us anything, it is that the fancy pants of the Oval Office can be about as comedic as things get in this republic. Were it not for incompetence, the Iraq War, earthquakes, tsunamis, bankruptcy, floodwaters and hurricanes, the 43rd occupant would be a barrel of belly laughs. As it stands, the citizenry has to laugh to keep from crying.

Well, at least King George can rely upon the Poles to see things his way even if former Los Angeles Times editor Michael Kinsley didn't:

[T]he most substantive reform proposed by Kinsley in his time at the paper was ... a blueprint for turning the paper, and indeed Tribune Publishing, into a national force. The paper could use the internet, he proposed, to gain a national voice. It already had the resources and the talent, but was squandering it on producing quality coverage of Washington DC and the world that was not read by anyone outside Los Angeles.

Starting from the view that nobody bothers to read the editorial columns of newspapers and that they attract no advertising, he suggests they should be scrapped, a somewhat unlikely position for an editorial page editor. Failing that, opinion should be moved online, a much more satisfactory medium for the exchange of viewpoints.

What a radical concept - allowing the people to have their say! Why, the next thing you know, citizens will be pointing out where the government is being less-than-honest!

The very idea! How CAN a government existif the people become aware of its activities?

One wonders.