The Bolton fiasco

What I and many others predicted happened; Bolton lost again. It was pretty clear that once the battle was joined between the Senate and the White House (really Dick the Slimy) the Senate would win. However inept and inefficient they may have been up until now they are not ready to be told by the White House what they can see and what they cannot see, when they are obviously legally entitled to see what they want. Aside from the obvious truth that Bolton is the wrong person for the job, this means there is at least a ray of light emanating from U.S. politics - namely, that Dick the Slimy has not attained full dictatorial power...yet. But do not doubt even for an instant that he will stop working at it. It is obviously the goal of the present administration to attain complete control of the U.S. government, such that they can do whatever they wish. And what they wish is, of course, to take us back to the 18th century when all wealth was in the hands of a very few and all others were merely peasants or serfs with few, if any, rights. Is that not exactly what you see happening at the moment?

By now it is perfectly obvious that Bush wanted to go to "war" with Iraq from even before he was anointed as President. Nothing could be more obvious. And nothig could be more obvious than what he has done is clearly impeachable. Indeed, I should say, impeachable many times over. It is still doubtful, however, that that happy day will come. Our democracy, what there is left of it, along with our place in the world of nations, is hanging precariously by brittle threads. The only conceivable way this can be overcome is through impeachment and a subsequent investigation of war crimes. Closing down Gitmo by itself will not do it. That is too much like the proverbial closing the barn door after the horse has already escaped. Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld/Rice/Perle/Wolfowitz, etc., etc., have to be held accountable. Nothing else will do. What these neocon lunatics have brought about, while not up to the scale of Nazi Germany, Stalin, or Pol Pot, is every bit as evil. There is no legal or moral justification whatsoever for invading a sovereign nation that was not a threat, torturing, incarcerating people for years with no charges brought against them and no right to trial, war profiteering, hiding prisoners from the Red Cross, and violating treaty after treaty, as well as making a mockery of international law and the constitution. It is inconceivable to me that anyone could think otherwise, but I guess there are still a few true believers who continue to believe that might is right, black is white, up is down, failure is success, the earth is flat, and lying is apparently good for the soul. If I had a buffalo skull I would pray to the Great Mystery for some much needed help.