As I listened to the speech last night and to the commentaries that came after, one song kept running through my head:
'Give em the old razzle dazzle, razzle dazzle em. . . .
Long as you keep em way off balance They'll never spot ya got no talent.
. . . .
Though you are stiffer than a girder They'll let you get away with murder.
Razzle dazzle em ------'
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Bush to the American People:
'I'll razzle dazzle you and you'll never catch wise.'
And he just may carry it off.
I think I'm going to be sick.
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As I listened to the speech, most of what I thought cannot be politely restated in mixed company.
The escalation has no real chance of success. Some of the talking heads on CNN are giving it credibility this morning.
I'm so sick.
20K won't be enough.
30K wouldn't be.
probably 50K [if we had that many] wouldn't be.
which means we will lose the war--in fact it's lost.
and the kids we're sending into harm's way will be crippled and will die for the Great Ego.
and the Dems will talk and talk and talk while the children die.
Enough would fall in the 300-400 thousand range. We don't have that many.
so, they die.
To echo Tomcat,
300,000 might be enough...or not but it's getting closer.
Shinseki said we need 450,000 troops to occupy Iraq adn maintain the peace. He was shown the door.
Zinni helped draw up the Desert Crossing plan on how the U.S. could invade, occupy, and stabilize Iraq. He had a similar number of between 450,000 to 600,000.
Ofcourse the NeoCons fired or forced to resign anyone that disagreed with the PNAC's plan.
Anyway, if Bush was trying to razzle dazzle us he fucking failed miserably. I don't know anyone that was impressed.
That's what's the saddest about all of this. The Media built this up as some sort of epic speech. I expected to be dazzled. There was very little Bush could say to change my mind but a part of me wondered if he would shine so bright that a few fence sitters would go alone.
Well, he fizzled and reviews from both sides seem to agree now that Bush is a failure.
There'a few "we must obtain victory in Iraq" hold outs, but not many. Especially after Bush said in his speech:
"In our discussions, we all agreed that there is no magic formula for success in Iraq. And one message came through loud and clear: Failure in Iraq would be a disaster for the United States."
hey Poli--
anyone who puts forth a realistic estimate is shown the door.
anyone who says we need to look at a different strategy is shown the door.
anyone who attempts to bring any sense of reality into this totally deluded WH is show the door.
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mainly, those I've been hearing say the word, 'failure' last night and today have been saying it for a long time, now.
during last night's reviews, I didn't hear any converts. that's why I was feeling so downhearted.
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acourse, the ones who really matter aren't the pundits anyway. I just hope Congress grows a backbone--and does it before the children start being shipped out.
I agree. I watched Condi struggle before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last night (rerun). She kept saying that we'll know soon if the Iraqis won't do their part. When Senators from both parties asked her what that, she evaded the question repeatedly.
Bush's only plan is to delay the fall of Iraq until the US has a President.
hey Poli--
I just noticed something in your post:
did Bush come right out and say 'no magic formula'?
I missed that!
no magic?
really?
he got that much closer to the truth?
I was SURE he still believed in the magic dragons' teeth that he could plant to create the invincible army.
who would've thought. . . .
tc
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