Mission From God

So, I wonder if God told Shrub about the death and carnage his foolhardy invasion of Iraq would unleash. Today's body count stands at six Americans and lord knows how many Iraqis, innocent or not.

I wonder if God mentioned that, two years plus into the invasion, American soldiers would be torturing Iraqis, more for fun than anything else, or that "war porn" would enter the national lexicon, rolling off the tongue as easily as "nice day, isn't it?"

Perhaps God also told the Shrubster that, contrary to the latter's assurances, there'd STILL be terrorist threats--some real, some fake, causing genuine suffering or at the very least serious stress--and I wonder if God let the dauphin in on a little secret: that a free society will ALWAYS be at risk, but that you have to strike a balance between legitimate concerns and respect for freedom...and that violence should always be a LAST resort--which precludes wars of choice against countries who pose no threat (regardless of how much of a son-of-a-bitch is running said country).

God was awfully short with Shrub..."take Saddam out." That's it? Nothing else? You'd thing "all powerful, all knowing, etc. etc." would cut even the most clueless (read that as "Junior") about all these things...

Of course, there's a much more logical explanation: the pResident is "hearing voices in his head."

Think about it.