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HerrAirhorn |
03/24/06 |
"Did you catch yesterday's news conference (3/21/06), the one where Little George casually passed on responsibility for getting US troops out of Iraq to "future presidents" -- the same presidents to whom he is passing on responsibility for his monumental deficit?
Of course, he never intended to get the troops out of Iraq at all.
The whole point, as I argued long ago, was to create permanent bases in the broader Middle East as a bulwark against what far-sighted US imperialists have always understood to be the real threat -- not Islamo-fascist terrorists, but an oil-hungry China which will be in a position to challenge the US for global supremacy on every front in the coming decades. That is what this war is really about, and always has been.
But the heck with facts. Let's move on to something interesting. Personality.
Did you notice Little George's mood? He seems finally to be approaching, insofar as his temperament allows, the "serenity" he was pretending to enjoy in the lead-up to the war. Of course, what passes for serenity in Little George's prosaic soul is not much more than indifference, a shrugging off of consequences -- a gesture that feels perfectly justified to him, by the way, because he is absolutely certain about the one thing he relies on: he has followed his heart.
He has prayed, and he has followed his heart.
So the rest is up to God.
That's what that news conference was really about. Little George has been praying again and his prayers have been answered again. The comfort of the Lord has descended upon him. He has been absolved. That's what accounts for his new mood. He is indifferent to his poll numbers. He is indifferent to the fate of his party in the coming elections. He is indifferent to the carnage in Iraq. He knows things will come right in the end. He has fallen back on his faith.
Since the rest is up to God, Little George is now feeling like his work is done. He has made all the decisions that matter, and he will not turn back. That would be weak. But he is strong. There's 3 years left in his presidency, but mentally he's already turned over his responsibilities. You could just sense the relief in his manner when he mentioned "future presidents." He's already outta there, heading home to Crawford, back to his pick-up trucks and mountain bikes, his special pillow, and Laura in the morning".
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