White powder and desperation

As the rush of news picks up ever greater velocity, and the tide appears to be turning in directions that the Bushies can’t possibly be happy with, out of left field comes an oldie but a goodie.  This time, the powder was sent to Republicans—House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and three freshman Senators (Norm Coleman, Saxby Chambliss, and Lamar Alexander).  Preliminary testing has produced negative results.

According to the CNN report, the four envelopes were all postmarked here in Seattle.  But for some reason, I keep thinking that a more likely site of origination might be, oh, say, Crawford, Texas.  Not that I’m suggesting that Karl Rove and Dick Cheney are flailing about in search of a “crisis” to somehow elicit flag-waving support for their faltering program.  No one would suggest that such cynical manipulation could be carried out by this administration, would they?

Comments

Ahh, Wolfowitz, a learned man of history.

NOT.

Jebus, how the hell did he get his job? No ethnic strife? You nailed it all in one. My head hurts thinking about this. Did anyone even call him on his lack of knowledge? If I know about the Kurds, Sunni and Shi’ites, certainly someone at the big table knew as well.

Mr. Wolfowitz conveniently forgets that under Saddam’s rigid regime, ethnic infighting doesn’t stand much of a chance. Saddam and the Baath party are it and that’s all there is to it. After Saddam is gone, however...all bets are off.

I’m nervous about this repeated “stay as long as necessary and leave as soon as possible” policy. If they are still holding on to the two year maximum term for turning Iraq into a stable, democratized nation, they are deluded.

Regarding the white powder…

Isn’t it amazing how this adminstration is beginning to make so many of us sound like conspiracy theory nuts? I deeply resent that.

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