More on "The Contempt Thing"

Last night, while taking care of a few chores in anticipation of tomorrow's trip up to the metropolis, I considered some of the high-minded rhetoric Bush and his minions spew forth when it comes to their, um, 'plan,' if you can actually dignify the Iraq mess with that term, for the Middle East.

Then I realized: wait a second. They call for "democracy," but the best they've got to actually offer the Iraqi people is Iyad Allawi? What the hell is THAT supposed to mean?

The next time some idiot wingnut waxes pie-in-the-sky about our "good" intentions there, think about just who and what Allawi stands for, besides himself. He's bombed buses, worked for the CIA, worked for Saddam, and recently was alleged to have killed six blindfolded and handcuffed prisoners in cold blood. So much for "democracy."

News to the wingnuts: is Allawi really all you've got? If not, you'd better get your boy Dubya to take enough genuine interest to actually install the best you have, because the shit isn't JUST hitting the fan--it's already hit it over and over. In fact, in Iraq, pretty much everything is turning to shit (yet, last fall, when this began to be evident, the 'nuts kept opting for a "let's put our heads in the sand" approach). On the other hand, if Allawi IS the best you have to offer--well, that speaks volumes as to the piss-poor operation your leaders undertook (sorry to mix my metaphors). Installing Iyad Allawi as the face of US "democracy" in the region is like installing Deal Hudson as guidance counselor at an all-girls high school.

Of course, sometimes it's hard to find wingnuts talking about the "good news" coming from Iraq, because a lot of times it seems these days as if they're mostly gloating about the Iraqis who've been killed in the operation. Gotta love their committment to the operation...