John's Blog

In the wake of yet another foolish foreign policy choice, Keith Olbermann points out the folly of the path Dubya wants to lead us down and his lack of credibility. A snippet from his Special Comment pointing out the madness of stirring up the middle east pot Another shameless effort to achieve an obviously political end while attempting the illusion of leadership. Seems like this time fewer are as inclined to buy this load of crap snakeoil.

Only this president, only in this time, only with this dangerous, even messianic certitude, could answer a country demanding an exit strategy from Iraq, by offering an entrance strategy for Iran.

Only this president could look out over a vista of 3,008 dead and 22,834 wounded in Iraq, and finally say, “Where mistakes have been made, the responsibility rests with me” — only to follow that by proposing to repeat the identical mistake ... in Iran....

This is diplomacy by skimming; it is internationalism by drawing pictures of Superman in the margins of the text books; it is a presidency of Cliff Notes.

And to Iran and Syria — and, yes, also to the insurgents in Iraq — we must look like a country run by the equivalent of the drunken pest who gets battered to the floor of the saloon by one punch, then staggers to his feet, and shouts at the other guy’s friends, “Ok, which one of you is next?”

Mr. Bush, the question is no longer “what are you thinking?,” but rather “are you thinking at all?”....

FULL TEXT & VIDEO HERE

Tags: Iraq, politics, op-ed