War: protecting us from the threat of diplomacy
posted by Liberal Beagle at 7:28 AM
From the Guardian:
The US offered to take military action on behalf of the 15 British sailors and marines held by Iran, including buzzing Iranian Revolutionary Guard positions with warplanes, the Guardian has learned...
The British declined the offer and said the US could calm the situation by staying out of it.
Wow. By this time, our itchy trigger finger has gotten us a pretty bad reputation, no? The United States now has the international image of a escaped lunatic with explosives and gasoline strapped to his midriff.
Take George Bush's response to Pelosi's trip to Syria:
On Tuesday, President Bush denounced Pelosi's visit to Syria, saying it sends mixed signals to Assad's government. "Sending delegations doesn't work. It's simply been counterproductive," Bush said.
Considering that the war in Iraq seems to be designed to have no end, I'd wonder exactly what he calls productive. Perhaps war is our latest growth industry, feeding valuable dollars to Fox News employees so that they can put food on their families. Diplomacy only hurts the pocketbooks of a sector of the American public. With our soon-to-be-opened branch offices of the Iraq war, we'll stave off recession yet. And can you imagine the Democrats want to fight that?
(I'm going to be moving over the next month or so, so my additions to the weblog might be really light. I thank Eagle and Seagull mightily for taking up the slack while I'm gone. Thanks, everyone.)
The US offered to take military action on behalf of the 15 British sailors and marines held by Iran, including buzzing Iranian Revolutionary Guard positions with warplanes, the Guardian has learned...
The British declined the offer and said the US could calm the situation by staying out of it.
Wow. By this time, our itchy trigger finger has gotten us a pretty bad reputation, no? The United States now has the international image of a escaped lunatic with explosives and gasoline strapped to his midriff.
Take George Bush's response to Pelosi's trip to Syria:
On Tuesday, President Bush denounced Pelosi's visit to Syria, saying it sends mixed signals to Assad's government. "Sending delegations doesn't work. It's simply been counterproductive," Bush said.
Considering that the war in Iraq seems to be designed to have no end, I'd wonder exactly what he calls productive. Perhaps war is our latest growth industry, feeding valuable dollars to Fox News employees so that they can put food on their families. Diplomacy only hurts the pocketbooks of a sector of the American public. With our soon-to-be-opened branch offices of the Iraq war, we'll stave off recession yet. And can you imagine the Democrats want to fight that?
(I'm going to be moving over the next month or so, so my additions to the weblog might be really light. I thank Eagle and Seagull mightily for taking up the slack while I'm gone. Thanks, everyone.)
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