hopefully a constructive political debate

kluge
Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:22:59 +0000

now that the fiasco ship has turned around and things looks a lot less dire

“less dire” is like Bush bragging about “cutting the deficit in half!” Translated: “Yeah, America’s still getting screwed, but we’re only screwing you half as bad as we said we were going to! So why aren’t you grateful?”

FF, I hate to break it to you - the second half of your sentence is accurate, the first is fantasy. The “fiasco ship” hasn’t “turned around” - it’s just not heading any further into the iceberg. Yes, the situation is “less dire” now than a year ago - at a huge cost in American live and wealth - but it’s still “dire.” Squandering hundreds of US servicemen’s lives and hundreds of billions of dollars each year just so the last act of the Iraq fiasco doesn’t take place on a failed politician’s “watch” is the price of making things “less dire.” Do you honestly think things are going to get “not at all dire” anytime soon in Iraq?

As for your assessment of various democratic politicians - see my post #12.