No Walk in the Park!...

In a message dated 1/15/2007 11:47:50 AM Eastern Standard Time, Hubmaster writes:
Woops! It's starting. The red lights are flashing....
The words seem are pouring out! The reason we are losing is scapegoat numero uno: The Iranians...It is a constant round of scapegoating: We were losing in Afghanistan because of Iraq! We are losing in Iraq because of Iran. Who wants to get on this daisy chain of insanity...
What is frightening is that we don't learn from any of these experiences...
We keep repeating the same old mistakes...The only thing that gives us a credible performance is our strong, committed army and our powerful weaponry.
Aside from that, we would have been swallowed alive.

When you see the constant unravelling...when you see the same lame explanations going out....when you see the finger pointing, you know we are embarked upon a dangerous course.

The PR gurus are already setting the stage.

We were wrong. It was not the Tailiban. It was not Al Qaeda. It was not Saddam. It was not the Shia' or the Sunni, it was the Iranians, the Persians of old who we think we are going to fly over and dominate. I am worried. There are three air craft carriers in the vicinity.
They are loaded topside with our latest planes, the F16s, F18's, F19's and our cruisers are loaded with attack missiles....
But before we go off thinking that we are invincible, keep in mind that
There are three times as many Persians as there are Iraqis....
And we couldn't beat them. What makes us so sure that we can beat the Persians into the ground? The Romans tried this and found that it was no walk in the park. In fact, the Persians beat at least three Roman Emperors...
and humbled the rest... Let me tell you for a moment in case you forgot who the Iranians are descended from: The Parthenons, a fusion of both the ancient Greeks and the ancient Persians, the one population that beat the strongest Empire on Earth, the Romans. Skilled warriors, good to their neighbors, humanistic cultivating individuality and scientifically advanced. We would do well not to put down our adversaries without studying them very carefully...

it is clear we have a policy that's out of control.Senator Biden warned Bush not to get ambitious; that he does not have authority to widen the war.The House will certainly limit funding but War today is something that rage in a single day and then there is no turning back.

Bush doesn't listen.He is impelled by ego, brashness and arrogance.
He is determined to get his way no matter what the cost.
Don't think he sits up nights crying about all of the dead and injured he has caused.
Don't think he cares about anything but getting his way...

The one sign of hope: people are beginning to understand; the word is penetrating that thick piece of grissle that covers the brain... And he has become more and more isolated from his staff, from his generals, from his support in Congress and finally the people.

And if nothing else, here's the reminder de jour: Not to put to fine an edge on it, Russia and the US still have many thousands of nuclear weapons each, and each has the power to wipe out every major city many times over with just a phone call....

This man is dangerous. He doesn't know history so he can't learn from it. We should hide the red phone and put him into a nice warm jacket with straps so he doesn't call anyone...
Either that or we'd better find a better place than Earth to hide...

Les