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January 12, 2007
Only the heir to the throne of the kingdom of idiots would fight a war on 12 fronts!
Let's see. We're at war with a multi-national corporate entity known as Al Queda. We're at war with their former Afghanistan sponsors, the Taliban. We are taking on all comers in a multi-sided civil war in Iraq. We're backing (and sending in troops to fight in support of) an Ethiopian incursion into Somalia. Who else can we piss off? What other fights ought we be looking for?
Oh. Iran. Why didn't I think of that?
While people of good faith could argue that any one of these is understandable, perhaps a good thing, maybe necessary; taken altogether these wars and skirmishes are a dangerous overstretching of our forces. Even in the WWII analogy that the Republicans are so fond of making, we didn't try to do D-Day, Italy, Greenland, Japan, and Africa all at once, without allies. We did them one at a time. Machines went into the Pacific, Men went into Europe. Once Europe was taken care of, we sent men into the Pacific. For the sake of all that is holy we didn't try to invade Italy and France at the same time!
Do I sound shrill? Am I sounding upset? Under any sane constitutional structure, such grand strategic overreach would see the Head of State tossed out on his or her ear. It wouldn't be possible to escalate in the face of overwhelming public disapproval. Our system has no gentler means of redress. Impeach President Bush. Impeach Vice President Cheney. Do it before the madness kills us all...
Posted by Andrew at January 12, 2007 12:15 AM