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Because I can't bear to eulogize Doug - 2008-08-19
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9:41 a.m. - 2003-04-16
It's time to get your money down in the "How Long Before Bush Invades Syria?" pool! The preliminary harrumphing and finger pointing has started. As have the ever popular 'weapons of mass destruction' accusations. That one worked really well in Iraq and I'm thinking the Bush administration will beat that particular war drum for at least two more invasions of Middle Eastern countries before they give it up and just go with “Because we can” as their reason for violating the sovereignty of other governments and borders. That there have been NO weapons of mass destruction found in Iraq doesn’t mean the Bush camp will voluntarily give up such a useful boogeyman. Sort of a ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ approach to global domination. So the invasion of Syria. I’m of two minds about how much time it will take before our tanks roll into Damascus. On one hand it might be wise to make a speedy push right now. All our junk is still over there, as are the troops. Everybody knows the best time to take a vacation is when your bags are still packed from the last one, so expediency might win out over a longish public relations campaign. Not that Bush cares for world opinion, but he might think it wise to get Americans all silly and affronted. You know, get the yokels riled up enough so Damascus dates are renamed Freedom Prunes or some such thing. On the other hand, in this off, off election year the Bushmen might want to wait to see how the voters go. If enough good old boys keep their Congressional seats, fine. But if it looks like voters aren’t still under the spell of “We’re #1! We get the job done!” and bounce some of the Angry White Guys, an invasion might just whip enough fervor to let the GOP keep its grip on the government in 2004. Bush Sr. learned that the hard way. He allowed too much time to elapse between his John Wayne antics and Election Day. In 1992 Americans had enough time to look around and see that while they had been waving flags and tying yellow ribbons the economy went into the toilet. Pretty difficult to be enthusiastic about a war that’s been and gone when the unemployment rate is 29%. So yeah, the invasion of Syria might be held off until early 2004. Then Bush and his henchmen can make dewy eyed speeches about not changing horses mid-stream and that we voters cannot let our troops be endangered by an unknown and likely Liberal wussy in the Oval Office. Keep America Strong! So hurr-ray, hurr-ray, hurr-ray. Get your bets down. Pick the right date and you could win the pot AND a box of Freedom Prunes! LA’s Pick of the Day: “Boom Boom Out Go The Lights” by Little Walter
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