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September 19, 2007 at 10:14:32

The Bush/Petraeus Fantasy Fizzle

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The Bush/Petraeus Fantasy Fizzle

The flat tire "surge" just got flatter, as Americans, queued up to take swipes at the liars, fools and fairy-tale spinners. The president's speech was melting his support faster than a Butterfat rich ice cream cone in 95 degree sunny heat! The poll statistics I include, herein are staggeringly in favor of a new approach-a peace group to negotiate with all concerned in Iraq.

Melting fast
According to every unbiased news service in every country, the old Bushites shell game is history; at least 53% of Americans do not trust General David Petraeus' assessment of the "Surge." Even CNN's poll showed 54% of Americans believe the "Surge is failing and is not ending the violence in Iraq. There has been no "Surge" ion the polls for the Bushites feeble and transparent efforts to "...keep troops in Iraq to quell the violence and secure democracy..." when the truth is that they want the troops to stay at least until they secure the oil rights to 99% of the profit on Iraqi oil.

They want our fighting men and women to be baby-sitters for the oil companies to screw us over with gasoline process at 7800%-9000% profit, while they make trillions bleeding America's citizenry and then they move their headquarters to a mountain top bunker to avoid the fate of Marie Antoinette.

Petraeus spent Monday trying, in vain, to convince Congress the situation in Iraq has improved. The air was thick with the odor of Bull Manure, as the usual suspects lined up to support more BS. Among them the increasingly impotent and unbelievable and un-immortal words of Rudy Giuliani and here quoted, the once highly respected, Senator John McCain of Arizona, "In a short period of time, we have seen significant success." McCain is another failed and failing also ran for the presidency whose credibility has slithered increasingly, matched only by that of the prostituted word of Rudy G. who isn't even pulling a significant share of the American Italian vote, or the Catholic vote.

Before the President's speech, before the testimony of General Petraeus 26% of Americans polled by CBS News approved of President Bush's handling of Iraq. After the speech, 25% approved.

Before either the speech or the testimony, 37%-41% of Americans believed the United States did the right thing to take military action in Iraq. After the speech, 35%-39% said it was the right thing.

The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press poll found 54% -56.5% of Americans want the U.S. to bring its troops home as soon as possible -- that's the same as in July. Only among conservative Republican's, did the polls show an increase of support-some people would do anything to prove they were not wrong.

President Bush's overall job approval hardly changed. It was 26%-30% before the speech and 25.5%-29% after his speech

Interestingly, the Neo-con belchers were saying that Americans trust General Petraeus and do not want his credibility questioned. That the event (the Surge and it's aftermath) would be as significant as 9/11 and reinvigorate the support for the war (and hopefully, for the oil traders, for stealing Iraqi oil) oops, they were ever so WRONG!! THANK THE GOOD LORD!

Instead the figures are devastating to Republicans: The AP poll showed that only 27% supported the present path, while the percentage of Americans who want us out completely in several polls varied from 65%-69%-73%

But the most revealing example of stubbornness and stupidity is hard core Neo-cons, who are so out of touch that only a tiny minority of Americans cling to the fantasy that Bush did the right thing by attacking Iraq (about 17%) and actually believe General Petraeus' claims that "the surge has made things in Iraq better."

The General now has about the same level of believability as the others whose heads are, Ostrich-like, in places where the Sun don't shine.

Ah, well, ice cream personalities, melt rather quickly in strong sunlight, like Tutti-frutti-Rudy, Willi-wanni-Giuliani, and Sean Hannity in the week leading up to the "Surge" report, found it "despicable" that Hillary Clinton should suggest The General's claims of Progress were not reliable. Therefore, I guess the vast majority of Americans are as just as "despicable," as 69%-73% do not believe General Petraeus' Progress fantasies are so much smoke.

YESSIRREE, the week was a big win for President Bush and his Iraq policy. (Just kidding) as 69%-73% see no progress whatsoever among Iraqi's and there may be good reason for that. The Iraqi's are showing strong and courageous resistance to handing over to American an Brit Oil companies their oil profits, and the Neo-con mafia response is to allow mercenaries to continue killing Iraqi citizens until they beg us "to help them" by staying and killing more citizens. The percentage of Americans who believe that some members of the administration are using Mob tactics to steal oil by promoting violence to intimidate the Iraqi Government to submit to giving American and Brit Oil companies 99% of the oil profits and royalties has been growing by leaps and bounds. What was once considered by MSM to be just another "conspiracy theory," is making considerable inroads into the public consciousness.

Rep. Janice Schakowsky, D-Illinois, says, "The reason for the surge was promoted by the president and by Gen. Petraeus as creating the space for political settlements in Iraq, which have not only not happened, but we've even seen steps backward,"

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I am a retired opera singer. I was a leading soprano with the New York City Opera for ten years. I am a strong supporter of Dennis Kucinich and worked for his campaign in 2004. I believe that he is the ONLY honest man in congress. He has been working against this insane war since before it began. I am 72 years old and I have been so frustrated with the media, the Congress and the American people that they don't tell the truth.
CaronomeI am a retired opera singer. I was a leading soprano with the New York City Opera for ten years. I am a strong supporter of Dennis Kucinich and worked for his campaign in 2004. I believe that he is the ONLY honest man in congress. He has been working against this insane war since before it began. I am 72 years old and I have been so frustrated with the media, the Congress and the American people that they don't tell the truth.

Yet another fizzle.

Thanks for putting it so well. It's a frustrating time for us patriots. With the taser incident, the lack of balls in Congress about impeachment, the candidates in both parties being the same, the anti- anti war people, the mercenaries who are still in Iraq, etc, etc.

It's clear why some of the people still support the war. If you a family member of a soldier who has been killed, it's very hard to think that your loved one died for nothing but the greed of the Bushites. That is a tough thing to swallow. Perhaps when they realize the truth that feeling will morph into the anger most of us now feel.

Your idea for sending Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton and others to the area is a good one. Along with Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, may I suggest that Dennis Kucinich be added to that list. He was in the area lately for a fact finding visit, (Of course he was smeared by the neocons as a traitor) and has a record of demanding peaceful solutions for problems like this.

It's encouraging to hear about the Christian students who really got it and had some good ideas themselves. Maybe there's still hope for the world. But time is running out.

by Caronome (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 199 comments) on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 12:46:55 PM

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Hi!

Thanks for reading and for taking the time to write. Indeed, everything you say is true, and Dennis K would be a good addition, and maybe one Republican, Ron Paul?

by Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo (144 articles, 1 quicklinks, 95 diaries, 1297 comments) on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 1:58:18 PM

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The stall and handoff play

Bush and his cabal of cretins are just stalling to hand this disaster off to the next administration. The spineless Democrats are afraid to end this or they just want to use this failure in their election campaigns in 2008. Both positions are deplorable and we really need to get candidates who are not afraid to do what is right and not just politically sound.

by Michael Chavers (42 articles, 0 quicklinks, 12 diaries, 172 comments) on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 2:15:00 PM

Small town gal from a large Irish family.
Agatha PayneSmall town gal from a large Irish family.

PROFESSOR

AS ALWAYS, RIGHT ON THE MONEY. GREAT ARTICLE, GREAT MIND.

by Agatha Payne (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 50 comments) on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 2:31:29 PM

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The Stall

Thanks for reading and writing. My plan in the article is to get Bush looking around at those who surround him. Betrayal is in the air from Cheney, I believe and if Bush really buys into Preemption as a style, he had better preempt Cheney very soon and dump this on the mind that created it, instead of taking all the heat alone for a plan he isn'y capable of creating, even given as bad as it is. My guess is that given the knowledge and the choices, he will dump Cheney, but, of course, that remains to be seen.

by Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo (144 articles, 1 quicklinks, 95 diaries, 1297 comments) on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 2:37:34 PM

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Professor Emeritus Peter BagnoloProfessor Bagnolo is a Renaissance man: Cultural Anthropologist, Architectural designer, painter, writer, novelist, theologian. As a child prodigy, abed with polio for almost two years, with an off the charts IQ, reading at the graduate level by 5th grade, offered an opportunity to skip three grades at age 8.Later He was a recipient of an Art Institute scholarship at age 11, a Ford Foundation Fellowship in Anthropology and in Painting and a merit scholarship in art, and was appointed a Graduate ...

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agathapayne

Thanks for writing and your kind remarks.

by Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo (144 articles, 1 quicklinks, 95 diaries, 1297 comments) on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 2:38:26 PM

EWE ARE ALL ASLEEP! ENJOY YOUR EMPIRE!
EWE ARE ALL ASLEEP! ENJOY YOUR EMPIRE!

Preach on Prof!

Hannity needs to take Jerry Fallwell's place! Giuliani has a friend in Mukasey(it's in my public diary) Giuliani next selected president? Haliburton is a monarchy w/ Cheney as king and Bush as the retarded prince. Shell puts water in their gas to increase the 9000% profit margin. Petraeus is "little boy blew"(yes it's spelled right ;-) ). And the Christian flip-flop fence-sitters contribute to the already stifling hypocrisy in power! We need to put all of Haliburton's money towards solar-cell research, or wind power and we wouldn't have to worry about it. Then again they'd figure out a way to war over the sun and the wind and who owns it!

by (8 articles, 4 quicklinks, 12 diaries, 143 comments) on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 5:02:27 PM

I am a Mother, Wife, creation of God, a champion of free thought, an idealist, and an author. I am exhaustively trying to spread the idea that to change your world you must first accept it for what it truly is. Opening eyes and minds is my thing, OpEd and my wikizine, Sound Off, are my places. Tune out the rhetoric and the geopolitical illusion and engage in the world around you.
Karma RoxI am a Mother, Wife, creation of God, a champion of free thought, an idealist, and an author. I am exhaustively trying to spread the idea that to change your world you must first accept it for what it truly is. Opening eyes and minds is my thing, OpEd and my wikizine, Sound Off, are my places. Tune out the rhetoric and the geopolitical illusion and engage in the world around you.

Another POV

Professor, thank you for exposing the ugly truth about the motives of Captain Caveman and his band of misfits...er, the Bush administration. I thought you may be interested in the opinions of some those on the other side of this war. The following are excerpts from an article I wrote a few days ago. Kind of wild, that we don't want our troops in Iraq, and the Iraqis don't want our troops in Iraq, yet there we are...in Iraq!

According to the not for profit site icasualties.org the Department of Defense has confirmed 3,768 US casualties since the invasion of Iraq, and 27,186 badly wounded. By the same source, the DoD confirmed 122 self inflicted deaths. icasualties.org also reports 44,115 Iraq deaths since January 2005, although the number of Iraqi deaths is highly contentious due to the unreliable reporting of such casualties. Other sources, such as the Health Ministry estimate the death toll to be between 100,000 and 150,000 as of November of 2006. Regardless of the actual figures, the loss of life in this debacle is mind boggling...and for what? Certainly not to liberate the Iraqi people. Don't believe the hype!

BBC and ABC teamed up to commission a poll taken in the streets of Iraq in September 2007. The poll asked Iraqi citizens to comment on the US "surge" tactic over the past six months.

"The United States has increased the number of its forces in Baghdad and surrounding provinces in the past six months. Please tell me if you think this increase of forces has made it better, worse, or had no effect?"

The question had six subcatergories:
"Security in the areas where the 'surge' forces are sent"
70% of Iraqis said WORSE
"Security in other areas of Iraq?"
69% of Iraqis said WORSE
"Condition for political dialogue in Iraq?"
70% of Iraqis said WORSE
"Ability of Iraqi government to carry out its work?"
65% of Iraqis said WORSE
"Pace of reconstruction in Iraq?"
65% of Iraqis said WORSE
"Pace of economic development in Iraq?"
68% of Iraqis said WORSE

When asked if when they thought "coalition" forces should pull out, a whopping 47% of Iraqi citizens said NOW

57% of the Iraqi people now believe attacks on "coalition" forces to be acceptable.

Why are we still in their country, when they are so evidently waiting for us to go? Who is this war good for?

by Karma Rox (3 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 14 comments) on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 5:33:11 PM

A liberal American, PhD mathematician, bipedal Earthling.
W. Christopher Epler (Bill)A liberal American, PhD mathematician, bipedal Earthling.

blood for oil

Prof Pete,

Great piece and here's some spinnoff.

Halliburton is probably going to end up as shorthand for corporate infamy, e.g., oh, oh, they're trying to pull a Halliburton! Hopefully the word will survive in our dictionaries long after these vampires of greed have ceased to exist.

The polls are seabirds of a tsunami of change. This change will be apolitical. It's like in the middle of a play the actors decide the play is crap and walk off the stage. This change will be qualitative, a "new thing" in civilization. Dictatorships of the Rich have reached a reductio ad absurdum. All of this is INEVITABLE.

Too much is unraveling. Too many wheels are coming off. The status quo has reached critical mass. Even a (winning) 3rd party is now a real possibility. The dem/pug party is dead -- even if they don't know it.

Bill

by W. Christopher Epler (Bill) (214 articles, 44 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 475 comments) on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 5:52:15 PM

Professor Bagnolo is a Renaissance man: Cultural Anthropologist, Architectural designer, painter, writer, novelist, theologian. As a child prodigy, abed with polio for almost two years, with an off the charts IQ, reading at the graduate level by 5th grade, offered an opportunity to skip three grades at age 8.Later He was a recipient of an Art Institute scholarship at age 11, a Ford Foundation Fellowship in Anthropology and in Painting and a merit scholarship in art, and was appointed a Graduate ...

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Professor Emeritus Peter BagnoloProfessor Bagnolo is a Renaissance man: Cultural Anthropologist, Architectural designer, painter, writer, novelist, theologian. As a child prodigy, abed with polio for almost two years, with an off the charts IQ, reading at the graduate level by 5th grade, offered an opportunity to skip three grades at age 8.Later He was a recipient of an Art Institute scholarship at age 11, a Ford Foundation Fellowship in Anthropology and in Painting and a merit scholarship in art, and was appointed a Graduate ...

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Thanks for the input

I hope that soon the killing will end. There are a lot of crazies in the world and one wonders why so many have made it to the top of governments and Organized religions. I think these evil leaders are representative of a non-virtue of many of those who elect them-evil.

Thanks for reading, thanks for your thoughts, I value them. God Bless.

by Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo (144 articles, 1 quicklinks, 95 diaries, 1297 comments) on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 9:06:04 PM

Professor Bagnolo is a Renaissance man: Cultural Anthropologist, Architectural designer, painter, writer, novelist, theologian. As a child prodigy, abed with polio for almost two years, with an off the charts IQ, reading at the graduate level by 5th grade, offered an opportunity to skip three grades at age 8.Later He was a recipient of an Art Institute scholarship at age 11, a Ford Foundation Fellowship in Anthropology and in Painting and a merit scholarship in art, and was appointed a Graduate ...

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Professor Emeritus Peter BagnoloProfessor Bagnolo is a Renaissance man: Cultural Anthropologist, Architectural designer, painter, writer, novelist, theologian. As a child prodigy, abed with polio for almost two years, with an off the charts IQ, reading at the graduate level by 5th grade, offered an opportunity to skip three grades at age 8.Later He was a recipient of an Art Institute scholarship at age 11, a Ford Foundation Fellowship in Anthropology and in Painting and a merit scholarship in art, and was appointed a Graduate ...

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Bill E

Thanks for the update, Bill. as I keep repeating, the lament of the wicked witch of the west, "whatta worl, whatta world..."

by Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo (144 articles, 1 quicklinks, 95 diaries, 1297 comments) on Thursday, September 20, 2007 at 7:47:51 AM

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