Pathetic hypocrites

Pathetic, laughable, hypocritical, childish, forgetful, desperate, dishonest. All terms that can easily be applied to our current Republican Senators and Representatives. They have the gall to complain that Waxman is issuing too many supoenas. Apparently they can't remember the hundreds upon hundreds of supoenas they issued in their completely partisan-driven dishonest attempts to discredit the Clinton administration. Similarly, when it comes to impeachment, the inveterate and destructive lying of Bush/Cheney is ignored even though lying (about a relatively trivial consensual sexual affair) was the basis for the Clinton impeachment. Similarly, they apparently find nothing dishonest about trying to defend the absolutely indefensible behavior of Alberto Gonzales. Nor do they seem to care about the treasonous outing of a CIA operative, torture, and other war crimes. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, so to speak, and Democrats at least have the power of the supoena, you might think all the rules have suddenly changed. They're like a bunch of children whose hands have been caught in the cookie jar and just won't admit it.

Not only are they criticizing Waxman for exercising his constitutional duty, they are complaining about the fact that Congress is investigating them at all. Congress, they say, should stop investigating and do more legislating. Like, it's not as if there is nothing to investigate. Merely the lies that led us into this illegal and disaster "war," along with scandals upon scandals upon scandals. Now that they have been caught red-handed violating the constitution, international law, U.S. law, and even the most basic of moral principles, they just want bygones to be bygones. I guess it never even entered their pin-sized brains that they might somehow be held accountable for their crimes. I guess they relied too heavily on good ol' Karl to produce an iron-clad one party system (dictatorship) in which there would simply be no accountability. Too bad they just can't take their ball and go home.

I sincerely hope that John Bolton is not, at the moment, truly speaking for the Bush/Cheney administration. Or if he is, he is merely saying what they might wish to do rather than what they are going to do. Bolton, as you doubtless know, insists we should go to war with Iran. Why should we do this? Because Iran is going to develop a nuclear bomb. Imagine that! A country surrounded by many unfriendly nations, including Israel, that have nuclear weapons and they have the nerve to want them also? Do I believe they are, in fact, trying to develop nuclear arms in spite of their claims to the contrary. Of course they are. Or they certainly ought to be. They would be quite insane if they did not want nuclear arms, given the environment in which we have placed them. Persia is an ancient and sophisticated culture, a land of poets that has attacked no one for eons. Does anyone really believe that if they developed a nuclear bomb they would rush right out and drop it on Israel or anyone else? Of course they wouldn't. They're not crazy. Unlike Bush/Cheney they have the intelligence and foresight to at least consider the consequences of their actions. Actually, I don't believe Bush/Cheney or Bolton care whether they have a nuclear bomb or not, this is just an excuse for their long-standing desire for regime change in Iran, just another example of the insane meddling of the U.S. in the affairs of the Middle East which brought about 9/11 in the first place. We have existed for many years alongside a Russia with enough nuclear bombs to destroy the entire earth. Many other countries now have such weapons. If the Iranians suddenly had one it would make little difference other than allowing Iran a bit more freedom from our meddling in their affairs. Nuclear armed Pakistan is a much greater potential threat than Iran could ever be. And don't forget, the U.S. started Iran down the road to nuclear power in the first place.

Will Alberto resign? What if he doesn't. Give him a slap on the wrist and let's forget the whole thing. These are strange times indeed.