If war with Iran ever were to occur, would we Americans not be foolish to have it commanded by a group that demonstrated such incompetence in managing their adventure in Iraq?
Indeed, if we are ever to have to weigh the matter of war and peace with Iran in congressional deliberation, would it not be advantageous to await our having another administration in power, given that the present one dealt so dishonestly and deceptively with both Congress and the American people in manipulating this country into their war of choice in Iraq?
In other words, just as the war-against-Iran issue provides an opportunity to talk about presidential usurpations, so does it present an opportunity to dramatize the real truth about Iraq: the lies, the blunders, and the huge disaster it has been.
There is no serious analyst I’ve seen who would disagree with the idea that this Iraq venture has grievously injured American interests—much cost of many kinds, little benefit. The Iraq debacle has been rightly called the worst international policy disaster in American history, in many ways worse than Viet Nam.
A LARGER TEMPLATE
These thoughts are geared toward the specific problem of Bushite saber-rattling on Iran. But there is a larger, more general truth to be gained here: with a creative political and rhetorical strategy, each battlefield between the Democrats and the Bushites can be turned into an opportunity to further dramatize the basic dark truths about this regime.
Indeed, if we are ever to have to weigh the matter of war and peace with Iran in congressional deliberation, would it not be advantageous to await our having another administration in power, given that the present one dealt so dishonestly and deceptively with both Congress and the American people in manipulating this country into their war of choice in Iraq?
In other words, just as the war-against-Iran issue provides an opportunity to talk about presidential usurpations, so does it present an opportunity to dramatize the real truth about Iraq: the lies, the blunders, and the huge disaster it has been.
There is no serious analyst I’ve seen who would disagree with the idea that this Iraq venture has grievously injured American interests—much cost of many kinds, little benefit. The Iraq debacle has been rightly called the worst international policy disaster in American history, in many ways worse than Viet Nam.
These thoughts are geared toward the specific problem of Bushite saber-rattling on Iran. But there is a larger, more general truth to be gained here: with a creative political and rhetorical strategy, each battlefield between the Democrats and the Bushites can be turned into an opportunity to further dramatize the basic dark truths about this regime.
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