WHATEVER IT TAKES...


The New Bush looks a lot like the Old…Nobody operates in a vacuum...

So when you see how Bubble Boy show boats in front of the UN or acts tough and doesn't give an inch when it comes time to negotiations, that is not because he just developed this persona, it's because its the way it's been all his life.

If he didn't have influence with the people he worked with, he just copped out. In school, it was said that it was “his way or the highway. “ From the earliest days, he was not used to compromise. He didn't have to. If it didn't work out his way, he would leave with the ball and the bat. So, therefore, it should be no surprise that the attitudes he developed over a lifetime have just become entrenched.

Bush doesn't negotiate. He doesn't even know the meaning of the word. What he did to get his way was to attempt to con the United Nations. Many didn't buy his promises. Surprisingly, our dimwitted Congress could never make the right connection and went along with his farce. Why? Because that's the way he wanted it.

Think back. Do you really think that the research made a case for invading Iraq. I don't think so. At least, not if you listen to the serious researchers. Yes, the CIA's boss wanted to do the perennial suck up but his people weren't with him on that.

But that didn't bother, Bush. When things do go the way you want them to go, reinvent the facts.

Get people to change your mind. Plant new evidence. Find new things to blame.

It goes with the smoke and mirrors form of government that America has become.

Actually, if you think about it, Bush's way is the inverse of the scientific method where you test a hypothesis against the real world.

Bush, on the other hand, starts with where he wants to be and then works things to make it happen. Oftentimes, however, it means turning the facts into fiction or fitting the real world into a Hollywood set—but nobody’s fooled!...except those who want to be fooled.

And this is a convenient way. So when things head south, he can blame the cause....

For his advisers, of course, it's a no win proposition. You're damned if you do; damned if you don't. Just ask the dozens of generals who’ve gone to the place where old generals go….

But the amazing thing is that this is no new revelation.

It's been in plain sight since he got into politics and even in college or the air force reserve.

Bush is now working on about his twentieth different justification for the mess in Iraq.

And it looks like the one that works is Iran.

As long as it can blame it all on Iran he'll live to fight another day.

Of course, it may mean that we will be enmeshed in this imbroglio longer than all the wars we fought in combined. But what does that matter when you know that the Republicans have preempted the democrats when it comes to fighting for American hegemony, apple pie and all the other good things America stands for.

It's amazing how willing we are to have our leaders lie to us.

Tells you something about the real American character in the post 9/11 world we inherited.

Les Aaron
The Committee for Positive Change