In his Times column today, Paul Krugman finally reveals the truth of the bush* plan. Sure, everyone knows that bush* plans to dump his toy war on the next president's doorstep, covered in poop and burning gasoline.
But that's only half the plan. The other half is that, as soon as the war begins to draw down, the mighty Wurlitzer will ramp up about how THE DEMOC-RATZ LOST THE WAR!!!!!!!! They SURRENDERED to OSAMA!!!!!! America is doomed unless we impeach Clinton/Obama/Edwards!!!! Impeach! Impeach! Impeach!!! Arrrggghhhhh!!!
Of course Krugman doesn't quite put it that way and the article is behind the firewall, but you get the drift.
And to add some more of my two cents: This is the Thugs plan to win in the mid-term elections and 2012. They know they've lost 2008. But if (IF, like the MSM won't eagerly fulfill their mandate to destroy democracy and the Democ-RATZ) they Thugs can spend the two years after bush leaves office pounding the drum of American shame, weakness and defeat, and especially (Oh! a consummation devoutly to be wished! -- for Thugs, at least) if America is attacked again -- and even more Americans are killed next time -- maybe with Nukes! -- on a Democ-RATZ watch so much the better for them. Is it any wonder so many Thugs are praying for another attack?
This, of course, why we need to end this war NOW.
We will be accused of surrendering whenever the war ends. Since, in the Thug mind, no American war can ever end in anything but total victory unless we are BETRAYED by the eeee-vile LIBRULZ, if the war ends at all (and since no victory is possible) we have to end it on bush*'s watch.
Obviously Reid and Pelosi have decided that the war is their best campaign strategy for 2008. They might be right. The longer bush* keeps the war going, the more seats we pick up in 2008. BUT since Americans tend to have the attention span of a retarded may fly, by 2010, after TWO YEARS of constant right wing talking points the Thugs will take back the house and senate to punish the RATZ for LOSING THE WAR that could have been WON if only the Democ-RATZ hadn't CHICKEND OUT! And the THUGS will re-take the white house in 2012.
Two more salient points:
1. The supplemental funding is not now, and never was, for the troops
That money, nearly all 500 billion so far and the 250 billion soon to come from the spineless ones has been for Haliburton, bribes and the Thug slush fund. Sure that's conspiracy talk, but think about it: we've increased Pentagon spending each year since bush* took office -- to 626.1 billion this year. (Here's the link: http://www.globalissues.org/...
And here are the numbers pulled from that link:
2000 385.46b (baseline pre-bush*)
2001 404.04b +18.58b
2002 436.36b +50.9b
2003 558.42b +172.96b
2004 580.93b +195.47b
2005 582.93b +197.47b
2006 582.66b +197.2b
2007 626.1b +240.64b
The total increase is $1,073,220,000.00 dollars over seven years!
Where's that money? It isn't in Iraq. It isn't being spent here. We're not safer because of it. Where is it? The point is that the DOD has MORE than enough money to keep this war going forever (if only the stupid soldiers weren't so weak as to keep dying and getting wounded and stuff and need to come "home" for sissified "leave." For all of you trolls, that was SNARK!). So we've appropriated nearly 500 billion in "supplemental spending" and added a trillion dollars to the DOD budget. PLUS bush* has already said he is extorting nearly $250 billion through next summer.
Name one thing of value we have gotten for our money. Name one thing that wasn't overpriced, broken, illusory or worthless that was purchased with it. Nearly TWO TRILLION dollars. Poof! Gone!
2: American soldiers are dying at a rate of around 100 a month
That means that roughly 1,500 new graves will be filled by the time bush* allows us to end his private war.
1,500 dead American soldiers and $250 billion dollars is bush*'s blood price for his toy war. Once his pride, greed and blood lust is satisfied, we MAY be allowed to end this war. How many more will die in the draw down? What will it cost? Why is this criminal and his cronies not in jail?