"I think other nations have an obligation to participate," Bush said.An obligation. A bloody obligation.
How dare he. How dare he. This administration was warned. They were warned by nearly every sane person on the planet. They were told, in no uncertain terms, that declaring war on Iraq would sink all the countries involved into a disastrous hellhole, that it would encourage terrorism, and that they weren't going to get involved, so the Kool Kidz of PNAC were on their own.
Richard Perle was dancing on the grave of the UN. The House Republicans busied themselves renaming any food with "French" in the name. The term "empire" was being seriously used as a positive word by neocons. Scorn was heaped on the fools of France, Germany, Russia, and anyone foolish enough to avoid joining the Coalition of the Bribed. America would take over Iraq, start pumping its oil, and establish a thriving democracy, all before summer. Then they'd be coming to our buddies in Iraq, cup in hand, for a bit of oil and reconstruction work, and they'd point to the US, and Bush would laugh. That was the working model -- when America won, the cheese-eating surrender monkeys would be grovelling in short order.
Gee, I wonder why they're a little reluctant to get involved.
What their obligation is, is to ensure that the Rove administration doesn't get away with highway robbery. Their obligation is to their people and the world community, to fight for a fair and just solution. Their obligation is to restore the United Nations' authority and the reputation of international law. France, Germany, Russia, and pretty much every other rational government on Earth has absolutely no obligation to the Shrub and his desperate attempts to have a prayer of actually winning an election.
There's going to be some grovelling, all right. France's government, however, isn't the one that's going to be doing it.
Especially if Bush shoves the leg in up to the hip.
(/) Roland X
That's Gotta Hurt
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