Surging Outrage
David Froomkin’s piece in today’s Washington Post is a damn good read. In it, he quotes Keith Olbermann’s special comment on “sacrifice”:
Your most respected generals see no value in a “surge” — they could not possibly see it in this madness of “sacrifice.”
The Iraq Study Group told you it would be a mistake.
Perhaps dozens more have told you it would be a mistake.
And you threw their wisdom back, until you finally heard what you wanted to hear, like some child drawing straws and then saying ‘best two out of three . . . best three out of five . . . hundredth one counts.’
Your citizens, the people for whom you work, have told you they do not want this, and moreover, they do not want you to do this.
Yet once again, sir, you have ignored all of us. . . .
First we sent Americans to their deaths for your lie, Mr. Bush.
Now we are sending them to their deaths for your ego.
Watch the video here.
And from Jane Smiley:
People always comment on how stubborn George W. Bush is, or how stupid he is, or how ignorant he is, but what they don’t comment on is how selfish he is.
And from an anonymous White House Briefing Reader:
Obviously we will have to change course, but he’s not going to be the guy to do it. He will then maintain that someone else “lost” Iraq because they didn’t have the courage and determination to stick it out. As with everything in his life, from his National Guard service to his serial failures in business and life in general, it’s all about him - not the country, not the job, not our reputation in the world or our hard won and universally admired heritage of concern for basic human rights. He’s not trying to save this country or Iraq, he’s trying to save himself and his “place in history.” He’s completely wrong of course, but given his history of privilege and never having to suffer the consequences of his long record of bad decisions, it does kind of make sense.
And that about sums it up: George W. Bush is a punk-ass bitch.
