Tuesday, October 03, 2006

The Sinking Ship of State

It seems clear that midst the destruction and death of Baghdad, Prime Minister Niouri al-Maliki is headed toward the same fate as Diem 40 years in ago in Saigon. Baghdad's dawn to dusk curfew was imposed because of persistent and probably accurate rumors that he was to be deposed in a coup. A plan for a suicide bomb attack in the heavily defended green zone was discovered and thwarted. But Maliki has earned the disgust of his American puppetmasters for his inability to achieve some semblance of unity in the country. US troop deaths continue to mount and are closing on the same number killed in the New York City kamikaze attack of five years ago.

Meanwhile back at the ranch, the finger pointing for the complete failure of the Iraq invasion has increased in, well, pointedness. Rummy has dug in for the duration and Kindasleezy is still in a state of denial. Tenant has decided he does not like the role of official scapegoat despite the shiny medal he was given by his indecisiveness, The Decider. Bob Woodward continues to make piles of cash from his access, which I understand is huge. Regardless of whether George Tenant actually warned the members of the circus troupe deemed a government by those aged sages, The Supremes, his book will be out early next year.

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