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Politics : The Iraq War And Beyond -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: James Calladine who wrote (2926)	2/19/2004 5:40:08 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9018

Re: The big question this election season when it comes to the war has to be: who's got an exit strategy? General Jay Garner, former Iraq administrator, says we'll be occupying that country for "the next few decades," and one wonders if either George W. Bush or the Democratic nominee will own up to that. The Democrats will smugly assert that the American people were sold a bill of goods when they were told we must go to war. But the issue is: what do they intend to do about it now? The answer is, unfortunately, nothing much different from what the Republicans are doing. The whole point of rushing us into war, of emphasizing the imminence of the threat and insisting that we couldn't wait for UN inspectors to go back in there and verify the existence of Iraqi WMD, was to ensconce a massive U.S. military presence in the Middle East as a permanent feature of our regional policy. Now that we are there, the conventional wisdom is that there is no turning back. Well, I'm afraid Raimondo is dead right: as far as Iraq is concerned, Repubs vs Dems is nothing more than tweedledum and tweedledee... Actually, that's likely the secret "exit strategy" of the Zionist lobby. I mean, the pro-Israel party's exit-strategy for Iraq is... presidential hopeful John F. Kerry! It's obvious that, once he delivered the Iraq war, GW Bush became a has-been of sorts --a geopolitical liability. The Zionist gang doesn't need him anymore, what they need, however, is a (purportedly) dovish, European-friendly guy like Kerry to sweeten the Iraqi pill... That's the cunning, double-barreled ploy devised by the Judeocons all along: first they hijacked the Bush administration through a cointelpro botch (911) and psyched up US opinion against Islam and the Arab world... At that point, it's a cinch to get a GOP administration and a trigger-happy Pentagon into a "holy crusade against barbaric terrorists". Then, in the second stage, they dump their "useful idiot Dubya" and shiftily root for his challenger Kerry, that is, a consensus builder a la Colin Powell whose job will consist of mending fences with America's miffed partners (Europe, Russia,...) Let's call it a geopolitical bait-and-switch: bait and switch NOUN: A sales tactic in which a bargain-priced item is used to attract customers who are then encouraged to purchase a more expensive similar item. Or conversely: A sales tactic in which a high-priced item (Iraq war) is used to bamboozle Americans who are then encouraged to purchase a less expensive similar item (John Kerry).

To: James Calladine who wrote (2926)	2/19/2004 9:01:46 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9018

Follow-up to my previous post: Cheney's future is Washington's current topic Brian Knowlton/IHT Thursday, February 19, 2004 WASHINGTON Vice President Dick Cheney, a man who has cultivated an unblinking image of stern secretiveness and unshakeable discretion, is expected to become far more visible as a campaigner in this presidential election year. Assuming, that is, that he remains on the presidential ticket. "The campaign season is under way," Cheney said recently, "and President Bush and I will be proud to present our vision to voters in every part of this great land." The White House has said that American voters will see more of the low-profile Cheney this year, and not less. But while it would fly in the face of history, and what is known of President George W. Bush, to drop a vice president after one term, Cheney has found himself mired in controversy on a variety of fronts. That has made speculation about his political future a suddenly hot topic in this speculation-loving city. [...] Should pressure grow for Cheney to step aside, analysts note, the health issue could provide useful cover for a graceful withdrawal. [snip] iht.com What the author fails to recognize is that Cheney's withdrawal itself may provide a "useful cover" for the furtive euthanizing of the Bush presidency.... Bottom line: the Zionist lobby used the Judeocon stick to wage war on Iraq and then the Democratic carrot to... get away with it! Brilliant, isn't it? Gus