With honor?

In the "debate" between Ron Paul and Huckabee last night during the Republican whatever-it-was, the latter said we should only leave Iraq with "honor." Doesn't that make you wonder where he's been for the past few years? How can we possibly leave Iraq (which Bush/Cheney have no intention of doing) with honor? We attacked a sovereign nation which was not a threat to us (a terrible war crime), we have killed massive numbers of innocent people, including women and children, we have tortured, insulted, humiliated, and mistreated Iraqi citizens at will, destroyed their country, forced millions to leave their homes, are trying to steal their oil, and Huckabee thinks we can leave with honor? This is about the most bizarre suggestion I think I have ever heard. I think Huckabee is a nice guy and probably well-intentioned but for a Republican to talk about honor at this point is about as silly as their claim that Hillary has two heads and breathes fire out of one and brimstone out of the other. Honor died with the election of Bush/Cheney, for whom the concept is entirely lacking.

Speaking of where someone has been, how about the former Iraqi oil minister who recently said about the U.S. inspired oil proposal, "it looks like the Americans are after oil." This strikes me as naivete carried to extremes never before seen. I am beginning to believe that many people, mostly Republicans, inhabit a completely different universe than I do, a universe in which Guiliani is a hero, Fred Thompson is handsome, McCain is a straight-talker, Romney is in touch with reality, Cheney is Santa Claus, Bush is a military genius, and Hillary Clinton is the devil incarnate. The whole business would strike me as hilarious if it were not so pathetically and horribly serious. You don't even have to suggest "bring on the clowns," they're already here (along with the ones in Congress standing around sucking their thumbs).

Larry Craig thought for a moment he had a choice. He doesn't. The salmon are breathing a sigh of relief, along with me. The Senator from Boise-Cascade is finished. Otter should appoint Bill Sali to the position, but only if he promises to stay out of public restrooms. Speaking of that, do you think all the Republicans will be able to travel to their convention in Minneapolis without using the public restrooms? Ah, Republicans, amusing but poisonous.

I've said it before. I'll say it again. There is something fundamentally wrong with a culture that requires so much storage.

LKBIQ:
"Herein lies a riddle: How can a people so gifted by God become so seduced by naked power, so greedy for money, so addicted to violence, so slavish before mediocre and treacherous leadership, so paranoid, deluded, lunatic?" : Philip Berrigan - Source: Hell, Healing and Resistance Veterans Speak