It just gets stupider and stupider

Not content with being involved in hopeless hostilities in Iraq and Afghanistan, and threatening to get involved in further hostilities with Iran, Bush/Cheney are now going to get involved in hostilities in Pakistan. What a brilliant idea. Having completely botched the job of getting Osama bin Laden way back when, they have now waited years while he has dug himself into the Pakistan frontier where he can almost certainly not be removed. Remember, no one has ever conquered this part of the world. As they think Musharif has not done enough to capture the terrorists in Pakistan we are now going to help him. The plan, as I understand it, is not to send in any American troops but, rather, to bomb and bomb in support of Pakistani troops. Another brilliant idea. Bombing did not work in Vietnam, hasn't worked in Iraq, and most certainly won't work in Pakistan. Furthermore, there is some doubt as to how willing the Pakistani army is going to be when it comes to attacking the Pashtuns. Pakistani army brass is supposedly in favor of this plan but the troops, who come from the same backgrounds as the terrorists, may not feel highly motivated to follow them. When the bombing fails, what then? Taliban fighters who will not turn bin Laden in even for 50 million dollars are not very likely to allow Pakistani troops to come in and take him away, especially on their tribal territories that they know like the back of their hands. Like all of Bush/Cheney's ideas this is stupid. As long as the Taliban and bin Laden are holed up in a remote corner of Pakistan they can't do much damage elsewhere. The chances of success in trying to capture bin Laden at this late stage are probably zilch. Besides, if bin Laden was not important to Bush previously as he claimed, why has he suddently taken on this new importance? I guess they believe they have to shore up Musharif who is in more and more trouble. With the great satan helping him he will probably end up in a lot more trouble.

John Conyers has said if he gets three more Congresspersons to sign on to impeach Cheney he will go ahead with it, Pelosi be damned. Please, oh please, let us find three more brave souls willing to do what is right instead of what is merely expedient. No one, NO ONE, could possibly be more deserving of impeachment than Dick the Slimy. It shouldn't take long, Cheney's crimes and misdemeanors are so numerous and so blatant, with much of the evidence right there available on videotape, it should be over very quickly. If Republicans try to block or delay it, it will just be further evidence of their perfidy and apparent death wish. It might even send a message to George the Dim. What will the puppet do without his ventriloquist, move to Paraguay?

A few nights ago my son was coming in from outside. It was very dark. He thought he saw something moving suspiciously by the garbage cans. He walked over, bent down and peered into the darkness, suddently realized that his face was merely a foot from the skunk's. He didn't get sprayed. Lucky boy.

LKBIQ:

"The independence of the judiciary from the executive is the prime defense against tyranny."
Sir Winston Churchill