Monday, August 16, 2004
Toward a more Sensitive War
Dick Cheney spent his weekend excoriating John Kerry for calling to a more sensitive approach to our war in Iraq. With a chuckle and a sneer Cheney said:
Note that clever linking of Iraq to 9-11 yet again (Dick, it still ain't there no matter what you say). Anyway, that sounds fine if you are from the John Wayne school of American Military Power.
Thing is, Cheney goes on to contradict himself not two minutes later when asked about the precarious standoff in Najaf by commentator Hugh Hewitt:
Not too likely.
As we now know, the whole Iraqi Electoral Convention broke down amid fighting over the standoff in Najaf amid reports that an entire battalion of new Iraqi troops literally threw their rifles to the ground rather than fire against fellow Iraqis.
So while Cheney rails against war sensitivity our commanders and their Iraqi Lackeys are desperately trying to be as sensitive as possible to the needs of al Sadr's Mahdi Army and the Shrine of Ali Mosque(3rd holiest site in Islam) which they now occupy. The Sunni authority just this weekend issued a fatwa decreeing that Sunnis should not take up arms against fellow Muslims who are defying the Occupation (as most Iraqis regard the US forces).
And now we learn that several Arabic news channels are now broadcasting 24/7 live from inside the Mosque, no doubt just waiting for the first missile or RPG round to pierce its famous gold dome. When that happens, the lid goes blowing off of that kettle throughout Iraq.
Looks like Dick is calling the kettle black. . . again. He didn't mean that kind of sensitive, he must've had some other definition in mind.
Dick Cheney spent his weekend excoriating John Kerry for calling to a more sensitive approach to our war in Iraq. With a chuckle and a sneer Cheney said:
"Well, I'm not sure what he meant (laughing). Ah, it strikes me the two
words don't really go together, sensitive and war. If you look at our history, I
don'tthink any of the wars we've won, were won by us being quote sensitive. I
thinkof Abraham Lincoln and General Grant, they didn't wage sensitive war.
Neitherdid Roosevelt, neither did Eisenhower or MacArthur in World War II. A
sensitivewar will not destroy the evil men who killed 3,000 Americans, and who
seekchemical, nuclear, and biological weapons to kill hundreds of thousands
more...."
Note that clever linking of Iraq to 9-11 yet again (Dick, it still ain't there no matter what you say). Anyway, that sounds fine if you are from the John Wayne school of American Military Power.
Thing is, Cheney goes on to contradict himself not two minutes later when asked about the precarious standoff in Najaf by commentator Hugh Hewitt:
HH: Will the Najaf offensive continue until that city is subdued even if
that means a siege of the Imam Ali shrine?
VP: Well, from the standpoint of the shrine, obviously it is a sensitive area,and we are very much aware of its sensitivity. On the other hand, a lot ofpeople who worship there feel like Moqtada Sadr is the one who has defiled the shrine, if you will, and I would expect folks on the scene there, including U.S. commanders, will work very carefully with the Iraqis so that we minimize the extent to
which the U.S. is involved in any operation that might involve the shrine
itself. (emphasis mine)
Not too likely.
As we now know, the whole Iraqi Electoral Convention broke down amid fighting over the standoff in Najaf amid reports that an entire battalion of new Iraqi troops literally threw their rifles to the ground rather than fire against fellow Iraqis.
So while Cheney rails against war sensitivity our commanders and their Iraqi Lackeys are desperately trying to be as sensitive as possible to the needs of al Sadr's Mahdi Army and the Shrine of Ali Mosque(3rd holiest site in Islam) which they now occupy. The Sunni authority just this weekend issued a fatwa decreeing that Sunnis should not take up arms against fellow Muslims who are defying the Occupation (as most Iraqis regard the US forces).
And now we learn that several Arabic news channels are now broadcasting 24/7 live from inside the Mosque, no doubt just waiting for the first missile or RPG round to pierce its famous gold dome. When that happens, the lid goes blowing off of that kettle throughout Iraq.
Looks like Dick is calling the kettle black. . . again. He didn't mean that kind of sensitive, he must've had some other definition in mind.
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