Miller Gets it Wrong--Again

The Editors link to Arianna Huffington's honor roll of those who didn't swallow Team Shrub's Iraq-WMD argument hook, line, sinker, rod, and reel--as Judith did.

Seems like such a long time ago, eh? Back when Tom Brokaw was advising on the consequences of property damage by would be owners, Shrubleroy was getting fitted for his flight suit...and 2,000 U.S. soldiers, not to mention tens of thousand Iraqis, still had a future to plan for.

Shrub can bark as often as he wants to about his war, but it won't alter the fundamental fact that it was all based on lies. Lies that, at the time, seemed so innocent, i.e., what did it matter if some serious butt was kicked (or some crappy little country was thrown against the wall)...because, in the end, the grand might of the reigning superpower would be on display for the world to see--and shudder about?

Hence, no concern about little things like body armor for the troops--nope, must invade NOW! No concern about the lack of fluent Arabic speakers, or a genuine understanding of the country itself, which is FAR more complex than the "Saddam bad, everything else good" mentality shaping the worldview of Shrubusto. Indeed, even after the lie was exposed, the dauphin still insisted on cracking jokes--while soldiers and civilians were suffering from shattered limbs. Because the little white lies they told--lies passed on for public consumption by the likes of Judith Miller--really didn't matter when the end result was a red meat, all-you-can-eat-buffet of screaming patriotic fervor.

Well, two years in, and the din's worn off--imagine that. Let's see: terrorism is no less of a threat than before, but we've also got $60 a barrel oil, a potential home heating crisis this winter, a shaky economy, an entire region of the country wrecked thanks to the forces of Mother Nature (and NO plan for recovery from the administration--looks like they're just trying to ride it out). And, we're trapped in a Mesopotamian sinkhole with the only exit being failure.

I've said this before, and I'll say it again: why is anyone surprised? Failure is Bush's life story. Only this time, there's no one big enough to bail out the entire country.

I don't really understand why idiots like Judith Miller would go along for the crash and burn...but I guess power intoxicates and impairs judgement. At least it looks that way with her case. Fortunately, not everyone took the bait.