...on Why I Drink Too Much

Bush says US is in Iraq because of attacks on US
- Agence Française de Presse

Mansell: That wasn't strictly true, was it sir?
Commander Clement: No, Mansell, it was what we in the British Navy call... a lie.
- Yellowbeard

Shrub is lying, and lying badly at that. There is no connection between 9/11 and Iraq. None. There is a connection with Afghanistan, but that's not the war that has his approval ratings in the toilet. Not that such semantic quibbling matters. The intent is to deceive. He wants people to think this imperial adventure had some purpose behind it. Some reason besides his daddy issues, the rabid ideology of the PNAC and free money for his oil and defense buddies.

In a sane world he'd be impeached, arrested and on trial for fraud and warcrimes within the week for his gross misconduct.

But he won't. There are still people who believe this nonsense. Mostly because the corporate media in this country won't lead tomorrow's papers with "BUSH LIES TO AMERICAN PEOPLE AGAIN" headlines. Even if they did it wouldn't matter. The truth has been out there a long time, but people don't want to look at it.

We've got over 1,700 Americans and maybe as much as 100,000 Iraqis dead, nearly $200 billion spent so far with more to come, and American credibility and military power ruined for decades to come. All that blood, all that sacrifice...for nothing.

Apparently it will take more than that before we try to fix things in this country. Or maybe we won't. This monstrous cretin was re-elected after all. Sometimes I think my countrymen made a suicide pact and forget to tell me about it.