Others who know far more than me can parse each paragraph of Bubble Chimp's speechfying, but did anyone else notice that Shrubble (Shrub+Bubble) pretty much waved the white flag when it came to the Iraqi insurgency? Instead, it was Al Qaeda this, al Qaeda that, al Qaeda's standing on your front door mat (so stay scared and stupid).
Indeed, de-Baathify became re-Baathify, and, as I suspected (look for the Countdown transcript tomorrow--Thomas Ricks pointed this out), Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha isn't exactly Bernard Montgomery...or Charles DeGaulle...or even "Uncle Joe" Stalin, for that matter.
But, by the magic of redefinition, he became an "ally." Shrub evidently doesn't care that Abu Risha had American blood on his hands...which makes his call for what amounts to more American deaths all the more galling.
Now, if nothing else, the sheer LACK of Al Qaeda presence in Iraq might make it easier for Shrub to pull the plug--however, as he made clear, his own "exit strategy" is...to make it to the finish line of January 20, 2009, whereupon he washes his hands of the whole affair. As far as this particular effort--well, call it the political equivalent of him putting the best face on his Harken Energy debacle and pawning it off to anyone dumb enough to buy it. He really thinks we're all a bunch of suckers.
Any takers?
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