Deadman's hand
We were told Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction right up until President Bush admitted that it turned out that there were none. We were told the insurgency was in its last throes, right up until the time it was revealed that "last throes'' meant "descend into civil war.''
President Bush told us we were winning the war in Iraq right up until that he admitted that we weren't.
Now we're told that a surge of some 20,000 troops into Baghdad will turn the tide.
Compulsive gamblers chase the big payoff right over the cliff, believing, against the laws of probability, that they are one red queen, one roll of the dice, away from scoring. They lie to themselves, to their families and to their friends.
Governments don't gamble with filthy lucre, but with the blood and tears of our sons and daughters, our fathers, mothers, husbands and wives. The upcoming surge is one more gamble in a game where no one wins, not even the house.
President Bush told us we were winning the war in Iraq right up until that he admitted that we weren't.
Now we're told that a surge of some 20,000 troops into Baghdad will turn the tide.
Compulsive gamblers chase the big payoff right over the cliff, believing, against the laws of probability, that they are one red queen, one roll of the dice, away from scoring. They lie to themselves, to their families and to their friends.
Governments don't gamble with filthy lucre, but with the blood and tears of our sons and daughters, our fathers, mothers, husbands and wives. The upcoming surge is one more gamble in a game where no one wins, not even the house.
posted by Michael Riley at 8:50 AM
8 Comments:
As Kenny Rogers said (sang): "Gotta know when to fold 'em"...
Do what we did in 1973 in Vietnam: Declare victory and bring the boys home.
and girls..don't forget the dozens of women already lost their lives and hundreds already injured/limbless not publicized although supposedly women not allowed to fight on front lines...they do everytime they set foot in a vehicle or patrol within the urban war zone of Iraq..basically, everyday..
Duly noted. Thanks for disabusing me, dg.
I am going to watch The Sopranos on A&E.
I wonder if the speech will start out ...."Hi my name is George and I'm an alcoholic"
it'd be funny if someone put up a huge sign behind him during his speech : MISSION NOT ACCOMPLISHED...YET
"We were told Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction right up until President Bush admitted that it turned out that there were none." The regime unquestionably had such weapons -- and used them on Iranian soldiers and Iraqi civilians. Saddam Hussein precipitated coalition intervention by interfering with and then ousting international monitors. "It turned out that there were none" actually means that we couldn't find any more, after the regime used WMD and then refused to allow verification of their destruction.
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