Echo2
09-20-2004, 11:24 AM
A recent National Intelligence Report stated that the best-case scenario at this point is an Iraq whose "political, economic and security stability would remain tenuous" (worst-case scenario: all-out civil war), to the apparently new tactic of blowing up journalists while they're reporting live on air, the situation in Iraq is far from rosy. Even Republicans like Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Dick Lugar (R-Ind) are criticizing Bush's policy in Iraq: "Our committee heard blindly optimistic people from the administration prior to the war and people outside the administration what I call the 'dancing in the street crowd' that we just simply will be greeted with open arms," he said. "The nonsense of all of that is apparent. The lack of planning is apparent." But hey, Our Great Leader is in charge so... don't worry about it!
Meanwhile, as combat rages across Iraq and American soldiers die at a rate of three a day, the Bush Administration is falling down on the job when it comes to catching the guy who the "war on terror" is supposed to be all about. Osama bin Laden is still at large, and, barring a special Karl Rove October Surprise, is likely to remain that way - that is, according to experienced CIA counterterrorism officer Michael Scheuer. Last week Scheuer sent a letter to Congress claiming that "the headquarters unit assigned to bin Laden has fewer experienced case officers now than on Sept. 11, 2001." Don't worry about it! In related news, George W. Bush has nominated Porter Goss to be the new head of the CIA. According to CBS News, "Last October, explaining why he did not want to launch an investigation of a White House official's possibly illegal leaking of a CIA officer's name to the press, Goss made reference to the Clinton impeachment saga. 'Somebody sends me a blue dress and some DNA, I'll have an investigation,' Goss said." Yes, Porter Goss sure seems like a man you can trust to take national security seriously and who will definitely not use it as some kind of partisan weapon to hammer Democrats with. Don't worry about it!
Meanwhile, as combat rages across Iraq and American soldiers die at a rate of three a day, the Bush Administration is falling down on the job when it comes to catching the guy who the "war on terror" is supposed to be all about. Osama bin Laden is still at large, and, barring a special Karl Rove October Surprise, is likely to remain that way - that is, according to experienced CIA counterterrorism officer Michael Scheuer. Last week Scheuer sent a letter to Congress claiming that "the headquarters unit assigned to bin Laden has fewer experienced case officers now than on Sept. 11, 2001." Don't worry about it! In related news, George W. Bush has nominated Porter Goss to be the new head of the CIA. According to CBS News, "Last October, explaining why he did not want to launch an investigation of a White House official's possibly illegal leaking of a CIA officer's name to the press, Goss made reference to the Clinton impeachment saga. 'Somebody sends me a blue dress and some DNA, I'll have an investigation,' Goss said." Yes, Porter Goss sure seems like a man you can trust to take national security seriously and who will definitely not use it as some kind of partisan weapon to hammer Democrats with. Don't worry about it!