The Famous Axis of Evil
A few years ago, Bush established his “Axis of Evil,” comprised of Iraq, Iran, and North Korea. Remember that? Of course you do. Well, what of it?
Iraq? Check! Country was invaded using Weapons of Mass Deception. Is currently a quagmire of epic proportions. Bush proclaimed an end to “major combat” and since then we have seen, well, lots of major combat. Invading was the easy part. Cheney and other chicken hawks believed the Iraqis would “welcome us as saviors,” apparently believing also that very little post-invasion planning would be necessary. Well, that went well. It eroded our credibility around the world and made Iraq a terrorist breeding ground. Mr. Cowboy decided we should go in ourselves, then famously mentioned Poland as the second country helping us there (after Britain). Yes, Poland was our second country. Poland is now reducing its number of troops to 900. Yes, 900. Oh, and those weapons? Bush himself made light of the hunt, showing up on a video looking for them in the White House couch cushions. Funny. Oh, the current reason for our being there is the “spread of democracy.” Until it changes to a new reason.
Iran? Well, they’re in the process of developing nuclear weapons. They say they’re not, of course, but all intelligence indicates that they are. We know they would love to fire off a few nuclear warheads toward Tel Aviv. Bush’s obsession with Iraq gave Iran short shrift, and it shows. Good job, Mr. Bush!
North Korea? Hmmm, not so good. Their “Dear Leader” recently proclaimed that his nation really has nuclear weapons (Mr. Bush, if you are reading this, that would be “nukular weppins”). He wants to have talks with Bush, whereby he can grab concessions. That didn’t work with Clinton, though we all thought it had. As with Iran, Bush focused on the wrong problem and tried to marginalize a growing problem. Reagan tried the same method with the Soviet Union and then finally, eventually met with Gorbachev. Bush is no Reagan, hard as he tries.
Bush focused on the country that was really the least problematic among the three. We’re still not sure why we had to invade Iraq and let the other problems fester, but we have and now must deal with it. We no longer have the credibility or manpower to invade either Iran or North Korea, so this must be done diplomatically, and Mr. Texas Cowboy has proven to be somewhat of a poor diplomat (“Bring it on”). Thanks, Mr. Bush. What I must ask you, and what I hope and pray you are asking yourself is this: was invading Iraq worth it? Was getting the Bad Man out of power worth creating and exacerbating many other problems? I hate to tell you this, but the answers to Iran and North Korea do not involve another tax cut for the wealthy.
Iraq? Check! Country was invaded using Weapons of Mass Deception. Is currently a quagmire of epic proportions. Bush proclaimed an end to “major combat” and since then we have seen, well, lots of major combat. Invading was the easy part. Cheney and other chicken hawks believed the Iraqis would “welcome us as saviors,” apparently believing also that very little post-invasion planning would be necessary. Well, that went well. It eroded our credibility around the world and made Iraq a terrorist breeding ground. Mr. Cowboy decided we should go in ourselves, then famously mentioned Poland as the second country helping us there (after Britain). Yes, Poland was our second country. Poland is now reducing its number of troops to 900. Yes, 900. Oh, and those weapons? Bush himself made light of the hunt, showing up on a video looking for them in the White House couch cushions. Funny. Oh, the current reason for our being there is the “spread of democracy.” Until it changes to a new reason.
Iran? Well, they’re in the process of developing nuclear weapons. They say they’re not, of course, but all intelligence indicates that they are. We know they would love to fire off a few nuclear warheads toward Tel Aviv. Bush’s obsession with Iraq gave Iran short shrift, and it shows. Good job, Mr. Bush!
North Korea? Hmmm, not so good. Their “Dear Leader” recently proclaimed that his nation really has nuclear weapons (Mr. Bush, if you are reading this, that would be “nukular weppins”). He wants to have talks with Bush, whereby he can grab concessions. That didn’t work with Clinton, though we all thought it had. As with Iran, Bush focused on the wrong problem and tried to marginalize a growing problem. Reagan tried the same method with the Soviet Union and then finally, eventually met with Gorbachev. Bush is no Reagan, hard as he tries.
Bush focused on the country that was really the least problematic among the three. We’re still not sure why we had to invade Iraq and let the other problems fester, but we have and now must deal with it. We no longer have the credibility or manpower to invade either Iran or North Korea, so this must be done diplomatically, and Mr. Texas Cowboy has proven to be somewhat of a poor diplomat (“Bring it on”). Thanks, Mr. Bush. What I must ask you, and what I hope and pray you are asking yourself is this: was invading Iraq worth it? Was getting the Bad Man out of power worth creating and exacerbating many other problems? I hate to tell you this, but the answers to Iran and North Korea do not involve another tax cut for the wealthy.
posted by Wounded Liberal at 2:23 PM
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