Eye On The Failure – Or What Some Senators Believe

Why does the Bush administration have such a difficult time seeing how absolutely stupid and what a gross misjudgment, if not criminal act, the invasion of Iraq was?

Perhaps this might give us a small clue. Senator Orrin Hatch recently said,

“We've stopped a mass murderer in Saddam Hussein. Nobody denies that he was supporting al-Qaida. Well, I shouldn't say 'nobody' -- nobody with brains."

I would like to know where Senator Hatch has been, or what special intelligence he is privy to, that has inspired him to say this. Perhaps this sheds a little light on why there has been no oversight by our Congress and Senate. I can only respond to such a silly statement by saying that if they (neocons) are all this ignorant, or stoned, then we are in some serious trouble because you’d have to be one of the two to believe what the good Senator said. I’m personally leaning toward the later being the case because simple ignorance couldn’t possibly explain it and good drugs might.

It just seems to me that when things get sublimely and absolutely ridiculous for this administration it turns around and out does itself i.e. UAE control of United States ports. But, and still only 55% of the American public thinks it was a mistake to go to war in Iraq. That makes me wonder where (under what rock) the other 45% have been or what they have been doing (probably sharing with Senator Hatch).

Let’s just look at a few recent and current events. As of today the number of American soldiers killed in this conflict has reached 2,287 and the number wounded and maimed has reached 16,653. By most accounts the Iraqi civilian death toll is somewhere between 28,501 and 32,119 and the country is generally believed to be on the verge of, if not already deeply in, a civil war and that that gargantuan sucking sound is the billions of American taxpayer dollars speeding toward that Middle Eastern black hole. Then there is the Iraqi oil production which is “dramatically” below prewar levels and there is their domestic electricity production that is ‘far’ below prewar levels and the number of fully functional hospitals which is, oh yeah, non-existent. What part of this real life scenario do you think the Bush administration calls success? Oh let me guess. We eliminated the threat to the United States from a country ruled by a dictator who had weapons of mass destruction. Guess what. That’s not a true statement Senator Hatch. I know it was said by your president but unfortunately it isn’t true and has never been true. Okay then that I believe that makes your president a liar and since he said it too it also makes your vice president a liar. But you know what?

The president just said that,

"people don't need to worry about security."

Now I’m real……….comfortable. Since I’m in a State where his brother is Governor and we have several ports that the UAE will be soon running I’m so comfortable I may be comatose.

From the warm and cozy State of Florida near the secure port of Miami –

Those Are The Sergeant Majors Thoughts On That.