Dick Cheney's "undisclosed location" is in Superman's "Bizarro World," and Cheney spends FAR TOO MUCH time there...

It's the only logical/rational explanation anymore.

In his latest interview with Wolf Blitzer, he asserts:

1) that "the US has made great progress AND had great successes in Iraq" since the fall of Saddam,

2) that the Maliki government has taken on its foes directly. (This was his answer to Blitzer's question about whether Maliki would take on Moqtada al'Sadar and the Mahdi Militia directly.)

"Bizarro World."

It's the only explanation. Other explanations are far too scary.

BREAKING NEWS: US State Department LIES in its 10 January 2007 "Weekly Iraq Status Report"

OK, here's where I scoop the traditional media!

Friends, you can't make this stuff up. But I am proud to say, that I am PERSONALLY breaking the news on this one, since I seem to be the first person to notice.

The State Department is actually blatantly lying in its most recent Weekly Iraq Status Report. Did they actually think no-one would notice?

Just follow this link to the January 10 Iraq Status Report. (In case they change the link or page #25, I've placed the ORIGINAL file on my website.)


Then head to page 25 of that report for a list of troops they say are serving there.

They list:
"25 Countries with forces in Iraq (in addition to US)
TOTAL ~ 14,138 Forces
Data as of December 22, 2006

Albania
Armenia
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Slovakia
South Korea
Ukraine
UK
Denmark
El Salvador
Estonia
Georgia
Japan
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia
Moldova
Mongolia
Poland
Romania
Singapore"

Um.... Small problem... as far as I know Singapore and the Ukraine withdrew in 2005! Japan was out in July of last year!

According to GlobalSecurity.org (a leading military monitoring organization):

"Countries which had troops in or supported operations in Iraq at one point but have pulled out since: Nicaragua (Feb. 2004); Spain (late-Apr. 2004); Dominican Republic (early-May 2004); Honduras (late-May 2004); Philippines (~Jul. 19, 2004); Thailand (late-Aug. 2004); New Zealand (late Sep. 2004); Tonga (mid-Dec. 2004) Portugal (mid-Feb. 2005); The Netherlands (Mar. 2005); Hungary (Mar. 2005); Singapore (Mar. 2005); Norway (Oct. 2005); Ukraine (Dec. 2005); Japan (July 17, 2006); Italy (Nov. 2006)"

So, what's that lying, social-climbing, cold fish of a golddigger for Big Oil, Condie Rice gonna tell us now? That the State Department, the DAY OF THE President's major policy speech on Iraq, accidentally included an OLD slide? Yup, sure. I believe that. Hmmmm... Somehow, it seems more likely they purposely pulled this hoping no-one would notice, and the local press outlets across the US would refer to this document, which makes it look like we have much more International support than we have.


OK, now, just for the record. The State Department's report lists a bit over 14,000 troops Non-American troops in Iraq supporting the operations. Once you subtract the troops from countries that aren't there, and the UK troops slated to leave, we'll soon have less than 6,000 Non-US/Non-Iraqi troops
in Iraq. It sure makes that 21,500 troop surge seem even smaller and more unlikely to accomplish a damn thing, except making targets of more Americans, once you realize that.

..and for anyone who thinks this latest piece of disinformation was just an honest oversight... Do you really think we should be handing over care for ANOTHER 21,500 American lives in a war zone, to management that can't even get straight who the current members of its own team are?

Is Bush Intent on World War Three?

I'm done with doubt. The latest actions by American troops in the Kurdish part of Iraq prove that this Administration is dead set, that if they can't win on their terms in Iraq, on creating the conditions for World War Three.

So, here's the reality. Bush is still irrevocably addicted to the Neo-Con KoolAid. I have come to the conclusion that he is intent on sabotaging the situation in Iraq in such a manner as to provide a pretext for a general war with Iran and/or Syria. Why have I finally, and reluctantly, come to that position?

Maliki and the Iraqi leadership have made clear that 2/3 of the troops Iraq has promised to send to support the US troops in Baghdad will have to come from the Kurds in the north. Already, Kurdish leaders were saying they couldn't find enough troops willing to go. So, what does the Bush regime do?

They attack an Iranian diplomatic office in the Kurdish portion of Iraq. An action guaranteed to create a rift between the US and the Kurds (formerly the one major Iraqi ethnic group who supported the US and its goals there.)

We have LEGALLY invaded Iranian sovereign soil. That's the rule that applies to consular and diplomatic land.

This all happens within 24 hours of the President giving a primetime national speech in which, while apologizing to Americans for the mistakes in Iraq, he threatens Iran and Syria, instead of taking the suggestions of the Iraq study group and engaging them.

Ladies and gentlemen. Be very afraid. I believe, that this Administration intentionally has us on the FAST TRACK for a war with Iran and possibly Syria. I simply cannot believe in my heart of hearts that any diplomat or political leader could be ignorant of the cumulative effects of such policies.

I'm not alone in this fear either. Even conservatives like: Pat Buchanan, Joe Klein (of Time Magazine), William Kristol (of Neo-Con fame) and Joe Scarborough are now voicing the same fears. Pat Buchanan has even explicitly said he thinks Bush intends to invade Iran. He noted that the President said in his speech that that we are sending Patriot missiles and a Carrier Task Group into Iraq. (As Buchanan notes, you don't need fighter jets, naval power, and Patriot missiles to fight insurgents in Iraq!)

During the Cold War, we constantly worried about what would happen if a delusional Soviet leader had his fingers on the button, should the Soviet Union disintegrate. We feared that he would "push the button." Fortunately for us, Mikhail Gorbachev, proved, in the words of Sting, that the Russians loved their children too.

However, for the first time in my life I am truly afraid about an occupant of the White House in exactly the same way we all once worried about the fall of the Soviet Empire. I am now convinced that George Bush would actually prefer a nuclear war with Iran & Syria in the Middle East, a war which could only lead to World War 3, to simply accepting the loss in Iraq, withdrawing our troops from there and working to stabilize the region and Afghanistan.

President Bush has clearly adopted a "bunker mentality." Although I do not believe Bush is cut from the same general moral cloth as Adolf Hitler, this kid of bunker mentality and its concomitant denial of reality is all too reminiscent of Adolf Hitler as the Russian front began to collapse completely in the wake of Stalingrad.

I am beginning to think we may have no choice but to impeach Bush/Cheney to prevent World War Three.

Where's Niccolo Machiavelli when you NEED him?

As proven by Bush's current Iraq initiative, Niccolo Machiavelli explained, centuries ago, people like George W, Bush. For him, they fell into "Group Three."

"There are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends by itself nor by the showing of others; the first is the most excellent, the second is good, and the third is useless." - Niccolo Machiavelli

And remember, he risks not only HIS legacy, but the very future of our entire nation with his ignorance.

He also might want to try a few more Machiavelli quotes (Karl Rove: If you're reading this, I know you keep a copy of "The Prince" in your desk, get the Commander in Chief of Denial to READ it):

"He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss."

"He who has not first laid his foundations may be able with great ability to lay them afterwards, but they will be laid with trouble to the architect and danger to the building."

"The best fortress which a prince can possess is the affection of his people; for even if he has fortresses, and is hated by his people, the fortresses will not save him; for when a people have once risen in arms against their prince, there will be no lack of strangers who will aid them."

"One should never risk one's whole fortune unless supported by one's entire forces."

Bush says: "Really, It's my VERY LAST drink. You can believe me"

Saying that sending 21,000 MORE troops to Iraq is "the way to ensure that our troops come home," is like a rapist saying that letting him sleep over with you till morning is a way to get him to stop raping you...

"Funny," how much it also sounds like a confirmed alcoholic promising that this is their "VERY last drink." Some leopards never change their spots.

This, like Bush's delusions on the non-existence of "global warming" is all about "preserving his legacy" and "protecting Big Oil."

Let's be honest:

The President's speech appealing for more troops in Iraq was a complete failure from the moment it was conceived. Even Right Wing Republican Senator Sam Brownback has JUST returned from Iraq to say the Bush plan to increase troops won't help.

Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas is one of THE MOST CONSERVATIVE members of the entire Congress. When he, two other conservative Republican Senators, Pat Buchanan, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and the American People all oppose this plan, it's DOA. 72% of Americans oppose the War and 61% oppose the troop increase - in a current Gallup poll. Brownback is among a handful of GOP Senators to reject Bush's plan even before he made his speech. Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman and Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe also oppose an escalation of U.S. forces.

The fact is, we've been hearing these "new plans" since the day Dubya declared "mission accomplished" on the Aircraft Carrier, USS Abraham Lincoln.

But SCARILY, many top officers in the Pentagon have privately said that they sincerely believe this wrongheaded plan will "break the US Army." Having personally served with the US Army and Air Force in the 1980s and having seen the real world results of an Army similarly broken by the Vietnam War (as did General Colin Powell), I simply cannot, under any conceivable circumstances, support such a plan.

What amazes me is that he still can't even understand the difference between Al Qaeda and the Mahdi Militia.

Anyone who thinks Al Qaeda in Iraq wants a Shi'ia government there is wholly ignorant of reality in the MidEast.

Sadly, in one sense, a wholly Shi'ia government resulting from a US withdrawal would only lead to MORE violence in Iraq, but in a sadly and horribly ironic way. It would, in part, pit Al Qaeda in Iraq directly, AGAINST the Shi'ia government.

Face it President Bush, YOU SIR are ultimately and personally responsible to the loved ones of over 3000 Americans who have died for nothing. I pray to God you can face the personal feelings of guilt that can only engender in the years of life you have ahead (another Texan President, Lyndon Johnson couldn't).

Oh well, Mr President, you can always take comfort in the fact that, unlike those 3000+ American heroes, you sir, are still alive. You still, even as a failed President, have a personal future. May God forgive you for the many human lives you have destroyed.

Dubya 4 President!......... of Iraq!

Only George W. Bush and his sycophants are stupid, hypocritical, AND delusional enough to think pushing a jobs program that consists of 20,000 fun jobs in the military for Americans (in sun-filled Iraq) and $1 Billion in job aid to Iraqis is a good idea in any sense.

I find it amazing that a President who consistently opposes Job Programs and raises student loan rates in the US, is now promoting yet another $1 Billion jobs program for Iraqis to be paid out of the US Treasury.

At the same time, what jobs program is he promoting for Americans?

Oh yeah, we'll need 20,000 more of the bravest Americans willing to serve as meat for the futile human meat grinder Bush/Cheney/Halliburton Associates is operating in Iraq. Try your local recruiting station if you need a job or want education.

Word is that during his speech this week he will ask Americans to "sacrifice" - this is the SAME guy who has given unparalleled tax cuts to the wealthy, and who signed a secret agreement with Mexican President Vincente Fox to give undocumented Mexican laborers in the US Social Security benefits in 60 days - benefits that American citizens need to wait a minimum of 10 years for!

Apparently, for Mr Bush and friends, only the Middle Class and Students should sacrifice. He's got the backs of the rich and undocumented workers covered.

Given that Islamic radicals are essentially fighting against a Western secularized money-driven approach to life, does anyone think it would be a good idea for an Iraqi who values their existence to take these kind of US military provided jobs and handouts?

Anyone happen to recall what happened to French, Jewish, Russian, and Ukrainian collaborators AFTER World War II? ..or Vietnamese and Laotians who supported the US side during the Vietnam war? ..or perhaps what happened to Romanian collaborateurs after the fall of Ceaucescu?

If you were an Iraqi would you be signing up for one of these "job opportunities?"

Handing out packets of money to Iraqis underscores EXACTLY the message Islamic fundamentalists keep repeating.

Succinctly put: it corrupts US Military Officers, supposedly bound by The Honor Code, by turning them into nothing more than soulless "bagmen," flush with far more than "walkin' around money," and other far less benign kinds of "street money" to disburse. Although, they are a page taken directly from Karl Rove's everyday playbook, such initiatives can only serve to encourage and incubate the growth of a noisome fungal rot of dishonor within our military culture. It's something we cannot afford. Hasn't this Administration already done enough to tarnish the reputations and honor of the many good men and women who serve proudly in our US Military?

I don't make this stuff up friends, although, sometimes I would prefer I did:

Such are the early details of the Bush plan for not officially losing in Iraq until after he leaves office.

..ergo, after due consideration, I believe that, since he's promoting better new Jobs and Education Programs there than in the US, George W. Bush should resign as President of the US and become President of Iraq.

Bush cares more about his personal legacy than he does about this country or Americans. Besides, this is the President who said just after election in 2000: "if this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." He should feel right at home with the apparent sentiments of many in Iraq.

It IS that simple.

So let's hear it friends.

I think it's high time for Karl Rove and friends to learn how to chant "Four more years" in Arabic!

..and Dubya, please take Dick Cheney with you. Heck, he'd make a GREAT replacement for Baghdad Bob (Cheney's already got the: lying, Machiavellian manipulation, and complete denial of reality squared away). I'm sorry, but a potential Cheney Presidency of the United States is one of the few things far scarier to contemplate than an actual George W. Bush Presidency...

In closing, please allow me to invite you to join with former four-star General Wesley Clark, me, and many others: Can you please take just one moment out of your busy life to sign: a petition to President Bush, and/or a similar petition by MoveOn.org addressed to the US Congress, expressing our opposition to this terribly ill-advised plan?

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My apologies for leaving this blog unattended for the last year or so. Returning to the life of a 21 credit per semester student took a huge block of my time. I'm back.