. . . sung to the tune of the Beach Boys' Barbara Ann, from a classic moment of John McCain, making people wonder if he's lost it. But the tune keeps haunting me because I'm convinced Bush is planning a massive bombing attack on Iran in the very near future and no degree of sanity will stop him. He thinks he's King George and can do anything he wants and the congress has done nothing to disabuse him of this idea. Here is an article by Paul Craig Roberts, a former Reagan aide:
Bush is too self-righteous to see the dark humor in his denunciations of Iran for threatening "the security of nations everywhere" and of the Iraqi resistance for "a vision that rejects tolerance, crushes all dissent, and justifies the murder of innocent men, women, and children in the pursuit of political power." Those are precisely the words that most of the world applies to Bush and his Brownshirt administration. The Pew Foundation's world polls show that despite all the American and Israeli propaganda against Iran, the US and Israel are regarded as no less threats to world stability than demonized Iran.
More and more even conservatives are alarmed by Bush. Congress needs to start impeachment proceedings in order to prevent this disaster, which will be far worse than even Iraq has been, but the spineless democrats are unlikely to do it.
I do have hope in that Representative John Conyers says that even if impeachment is off Nancy Pelosi's table it is not off of his. If only that is true, or if it is true that the democratic leadership doesn't try to stop him.
Conyers has been an invisible hero for the last few years, opposing Bush and his administration but receiving little media coverage, trhe corporate media (mainstream media) is Bush's friend. But it's possible that Pelosi is secretly behind Conyers, it's a typical strategy, let someone else be the attack dog and bear the brunt of resistence. In other words, getting what you want without sticking your own neck out, typical political crap. Which makes Conyers' heroism that much more important, not many politicians will do what is right despite the risks.
This is an article from Alternet:No One's Drinking Bush's Kool-Aid on Iran
From the Article:
If that makes no sense to you, well, that's because the whole thing makes no sense. It's a farcical replay of Iraq 2002, when the White House demonized Saddam Hussein with fake intelligence, turning him into a menacing al-Qaida backer armed with weapons of mass destruction. This time, however, the lie factory has been dismantled. All by himself, the president is trying to turn Iran into a scary, al-Qaida-allied, nuke-wielding menace. But he's not fooling anyone. The potent "war president" of 2002-2003 is now an incoherent, mewling Wizard of Oz-like figure, and people are paying attention to the man behind the curtain.
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Bush is beginning to look insane to many people, and it is definitely inane for him to think anyone is going to believe him this time. Clearly he wants to attack Iran and is trying, badly, to build a case for it, but he's lied too many times now for anyone to buy it.
On Keith Olbermann last night an intelligence expert said that yes, Iran is sending in arms to the Shias, but Saudi Arabia is sending arms to the Sunnis. 90% of our troop's casualties come from the Sunnis yet there is no mention from Bush about invading Saudi Arabia.
I still haven't figured out what Bush's (or is it really Cheney's) agenda actual is. Why did he start this war and why does he want to expand it? Many have said oil but they really aren't getting much oil out of Iraq, just too volatile there, and he's got to know he doesn't have enough troops to occupy Iran, or to even fight with them.
Back when Bush was first in office (I won't say elected since he wasn't) I said he was an ideologue, not a Christian one, a Neocon one. And he is the type of ideologue who totally believes and can't accept any part of the ideology not being correct. I said he could be inside the White House with it collapsing around him, both himself and America brought low by his policies, and he would still be yelling "Wait, just wait, it's all going to start working any second!!"
“The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war, and most prone to it....It has accordingly with studied care, vested the question of war in the Legislature.”
James Madison
Bush has no authority to attack Iran but I don't think that's going to stop him. Back before the Iraq war I suddenly got the feeling that Bush was going to do it, that it didn't matter what the facts were. I get that same feeling now, Bush is going to invade Iran, maybe not a full invasion, perhaps just bombing, but he's already made up his mind and we all know that NEVER gets changed. He will lead us all off a cliff without ever a shadow of doubt or hesitation.
