Spoon's Rant

Rough Times Ahead, Rummy

I personally believe that Rumfeld's job may be in jeopardy.. Especially since you have 7 servicemen overseas who are now up on court martial for what was done to the prisoners in Iraq.. I'm still not sure what - if anything can be done about what happened.. Let's look at the major headlines in TODAY's news:

"US Sets Public Baghdad Court Martial in Abuse Case."
"Iraqi Detainees Allege Torture in US run Jails"
"Blast Rocks Baghdad Hotel Foreigners Hurt"
"Bomb Kills Putin's Top Man in Chechnya and 6 Others"
"Israeli Soldiers Kill Two Palestinian Gunmen"
"Marchers Demand Bush Extend Assault Weapons Ban"
"Cheney Defends Rumsfeld, Says 'Get Off His Case'"
"Sharon Cancels US Trip, Will Submit New Gaza Plan"
"Two Foreigners Stoned to Death in Afghanistan"

Can anyone see exactly how WELL Bush is doing in international affairs??

See how incredibly safe he's making the world - and how everyone is so much safer now that Saddam is out of the picture??

There are nine glaring examples of how Bush continues to fail his Foreign Policy:

Abuse case -- wouldn't have happened if we weren't occupying Iraq, over-extending our troops, and failing to secure an adequate government for the Iraqi people..

more torture -- Bush claims additional investigations are going on.. Again - IF WE WEREN'T IN IRAQ, WE WOULDN'T BE GOING THROUGH THIS..

Blast Rocks Baghdad -- If you go over to Iraq - how can you NOT believe you could be kidnapped, injured, mamed or killed?? Why are we focusing so much on these people when there is already an assumed risk.. Is it no wonder that bad things happen when you walk into the "wrong bar" because you're not invited, or that generally speaking, people in the bar don't like you??

Putin's Top Man dies -- Maybe if Bush wasn't so busy with Iraq, he would've been able to use his vast amount of "credible intelligence" to help Putin thwart the assassination.....

Israeli Soldiers kill -- We turn a blind eye to anything Israel does, but the moment the Palestinians do anything, there is automatic condemnation by Bush.. I guess it all matters who your friend is - and who you're going to support, regardless of what horrific things your friend does....

Extending Assault Weapons Ban -- I'm mystified at how an assault weapon is going to be useful in a hunting expedition.. How many bullets does it take to kill a turkey for heavens sake!!??!!

Cheney tells Everyone "get off Rummy!!" -- Oh wait, we're not supposed to criticize anyone in Bush's cabinet.. Why?? Because "[he] is the best secretary of defense the United States has ever had." Huh?? Exactly what basis is a "good secretary of defense??" Moreover, when Cheney comments "People ought to get off his case and let him do his job.." Well Dick, I hate to tell you this - but he apparently hasn't done his job too well if he is so far out of touch with his chain of command.. He should be pulse of the military all over the world, which makes him ultimately responsible for what happens in Iraq today, or some other country tomorrow.. "Best Secretary of Defense??" Excuse Me?? Iraq remains out of control, we don't know where Bin Laden is, our troop organization is skewed and completely disorganized, GI's are committing suicide on a regular basis, abuses are happening because soldiers were probably instructed to do so (which means Rumsfeld's chain of command is responsible - no matter how you size that up), and now we have a VP who is saying we should all get off his case.. *laughs* Best Secretary of Defense ever?? *laughs harder* Puhleeeeeeeeeze!!!

Sharon Cancels US Trip, Will Submit New Gaza Plan -- aka: acceptable lip service for the United States and other allies....... No different than any other plan, it's going to end up the exact same way.. Sorry, it's going to happen.......

2 killed in Afghanistan -- And I thought we were a "safer world..."


*heavy sighs*