New Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, along with Secretary of State Condi Rice, staged a press conference today to discuss the "surge" in U.S. troops being sent to Iraq. I had to laugh because one quote in particular perfectly summed up the Iraq War:
"It's viewed as a temporary surge, but I think no one has a really clear idea of how long that might be."
Of course you really have no "clear idea" how long this "temporary" troop surge will last -- nobody who's had any say in getting us stuck neck-deep in this shitty, unwinnable war has had any clear idea on anything! Allow Rizmo to translate your plans into actual English, Mr. Gates: "Like the rest of the planning of this war, we're just gonna go into this latest phase half-assed with no real idea whether it's going to help us or hurt us in the long run. So when we use the word 'temporary,' we actually mean it in a more ambiguous way, like when we say that, in the grand scheme of the universe, life itself could be temporary. And needless to say, if you don't agree that sending these additional 21,000 troops is a good idea, you must want to help embolden the terrorists even more. These troops need to know they're wanted and needed over there before they go to Iraq to become sacrificial lambs for the new Neocon World Order." Yeah, that's what I thought you meant to say, Mr. Gates!
For more on this press conference, check out the article at cnn.com:
For more commentary on this wonderful and inventive new strategy for "winning" the Iraq War, check out my brother's blog entry from earlier this morning:
Happy reading!
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