The Flexible Path of Victorious Prevailing
With midterm elections a fortnight away, someone has apparently advised the leader of the free world that he ought to make some sort of show of looking like a statesman. Accordingly, in a speech from the monkey house today, Bush condescended to admit a degree of non-satisfaticalism with that differently-accomplished Mission in the Middle East. "I know many Americans are not satisfied with the situation in Iraq," he said. "I'm not satisfied either." This is certainly reassuring.
Among his concerns were "the failure to find weapons of mass destruction, the loss of life and the growth of insurgency", all of which are, it would appear, somebody else's fault. Bush provided further indication of his engagement with an intriguing new reality by saying he would "'bring the troops home tomorrow' if he did not think a peaceful Iraq was vital for US security". If a peaceful Iraq were not vital for US security, Bush might consider removing the cause of the war. Defeating terrorism in Iraq is "essential to turning back the cause of extremism in the Middle East", therefore Bush will continue to provide, at the expense of the American taxpayer and with the blood of the American soldier, a 169,234-square-mile propaganda mill for the terrorists.
Bush noted that the Coalition of the Retroactively Invited was "constantly adjusting [its] tactics to meet the changing threat", as can be seen from the colourful history of the original casus belli, which began with the weapons of mass nonexistence, metamorphosed into regime change, matured as civilising the natives, and now lies in drooling senility as the occupation's few remaining enthusiasts try to conjure up a worse-looking alternative. Despite these changes in our goals, "our goals are unchanging". Ostensible goals, after all, can be altered at the flick of a columnist, while the real goal has been awaiting liberation under the soil of Iraq for some millions of years.
Bush also urged people not to believe "enemy propaganda" to the effect that the US presence in Iraq was the cause of all the trouble. Evidently the insurgency would have happened anyway. He acknowledged that, to America's grief, "we've lost 93 American service members in Iraq" while, to the Real Iraqis' glory, "more than 300 Iraqi security personnel have given their lives in battle", all fighting shoulder to shoulder, no doubt. In addition, "Iraqi civilians have suffered unspeakable violence at the hands of the terrorists, insurgents, illegal militias, armed groups and criminals."
Western values being what they are, the violence which Iraqi civilians have suffered at the hands of combat pilots, tank crews, coalition-sponsored militias, mercenary contractors and American teenagers is presumably a good deal less unspeakable. Curiously enough, Bush did not speak about it.
Among his concerns were "the failure to find weapons of mass destruction, the loss of life and the growth of insurgency", all of which are, it would appear, somebody else's fault. Bush provided further indication of his engagement with an intriguing new reality by saying he would "'bring the troops home tomorrow' if he did not think a peaceful Iraq was vital for US security". If a peaceful Iraq were not vital for US security, Bush might consider removing the cause of the war. Defeating terrorism in Iraq is "essential to turning back the cause of extremism in the Middle East", therefore Bush will continue to provide, at the expense of the American taxpayer and with the blood of the American soldier, a 169,234-square-mile propaganda mill for the terrorists.
Bush noted that the Coalition of the Retroactively Invited was "constantly adjusting [its] tactics to meet the changing threat", as can be seen from the colourful history of the original casus belli, which began with the weapons of mass nonexistence, metamorphosed into regime change, matured as civilising the natives, and now lies in drooling senility as the occupation's few remaining enthusiasts try to conjure up a worse-looking alternative. Despite these changes in our goals, "our goals are unchanging". Ostensible goals, after all, can be altered at the flick of a columnist, while the real goal has been awaiting liberation under the soil of Iraq for some millions of years.
Bush also urged people not to believe "enemy propaganda" to the effect that the US presence in Iraq was the cause of all the trouble. Evidently the insurgency would have happened anyway. He acknowledged that, to America's grief, "we've lost 93 American service members in Iraq" while, to the Real Iraqis' glory, "more than 300 Iraqi security personnel have given their lives in battle", all fighting shoulder to shoulder, no doubt. In addition, "Iraqi civilians have suffered unspeakable violence at the hands of the terrorists, insurgents, illegal militias, armed groups and criminals."
Western values being what they are, the violence which Iraqi civilians have suffered at the hands of combat pilots, tank crews, coalition-sponsored militias, mercenary contractors and American teenagers is presumably a good deal less unspeakable. Curiously enough, Bush did not speak about it.
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