In other news ....

[unixronin]

Boston.com reports that George Bush has given yet another reason for the war in Iraq:  "To prevent oil fields from falling into the hands of terrorists."

I suppose one could observe that it perhaps contains more truth than any of the previous justifications, such as, say, the link between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda (what link?  None has ever been shown) or WMD (What WMD?  None have ever been found, unless you count a handful of artillery shells left over from 1991) or the threat that Saddam Was Going To Have The Bomb Real Soon Now (all the inspectors who went onsite, before and after the invasion, agreed -- some reluctantly -- that all credible evidence showed Iraq's nuclear program had been terminated in 1991 and never resumed).  I still want to know what was wrong with the explanation of "We need to remove Saddam Hussein because he's a bloody-handed tyrant who treats his people with complete barbarity and makes war on nations we depend upon for vital strategic resources."  (Oil, that is.  Black gold.  Texas Tea.)

But I suppose then people might have asked awkward questions about why we helped put Hussein in power.

(Footnote:  "[...] the White House announced during the president's remarks that he was cutting his August vacation short to return to Washington, D.C., to oversee the federal response effort."  Uh, White House spin folks, I've got news for you -- in case you hadn't noticed, AUGUST IS OVER.  Today is the last day of the month.  Bush was going to HAVE to end his "August vacation" today anyway, unless he was planning to further extend it into a September vacation.  It already started out as a July vacation, as it is....)

Comments

[koyote.livejournal.com]

What they mean is- to protect oil fields from falling into the hands of anyone who isn't going to allow the people who live on top of the oil to get raped. Or, people who wold sell the oil on favorable terms to natins other than .. us.

Anyone who was in the military the first time around - and especially the patrolling efforts after- knew there wasn't any nuclear program or "WMD" program. We didn't exactly totally suck at our jobs! (this is one of the Big Duhs)

I guess Bush is still using the Pony Express system. Let's see, we knew about the storm and the prbable destruction more than a day before the events... and Bush is gonna do something about it, like cut his vacation short(????)... today. How many days later? Did he Finaly get the sweaty mail pouch, or something?

I realize that he could order funding or a state of Ultimate Hollywood or whatever just as easily from a stage on Coronado Island as from the White House, but dammit- out of respect for his office, us American Peepul, and the homeless/sick/dead/injured in the South, he could have been POLITE ENOUGH TO GO BACK TO THE OVAL OFFICE AND PRETEND TO DO SOMETHING PRESIDENTIAL.

What is UP with this dude? Just, WTF?

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Amen, brother.

[nephthys510.livejournal.com]

I know I am just a dumb blonde woman, but...

reason number 435: Why we are in Iraq totally contradict what Rummy said last month and what the WH has been saying all along.

We need to protect the oil from the insurgents who are in their last efforts (rummy) with all the soldiers who aren't playing wack-a-mole around Iraq because we have enough troops on the ground (WH).

At least he got part of it right. Oil.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Yup. That's what I meant about "more truth than the previous justifications."

[olafthunderfoot.livejournal.com]

he's totally clueless!