What is "it?"

I know I have commented on this subject before. But as I have yet to get an answer from anyone, I would like to ask again, what is the “it?”

President pea-brain said today, on the fifth anniversary of the “war” in Iraq, that although it has been expensive it has been worth it. Madeleine Albright, when asked about the half million Iraq children killed through the sanctions, replied, it has been worth it. So what is the it, that has been worth the deaths and destruction that Bush/Cheney and others have inflicted upon humanity in the last few years? It must be exceedingly important and valuable and I truly would like to know what it is. It surely doesn’t refer to peace in the Middle East. And it wouldn’t seem to mean democracy in the Middle East either. It also pretty clearly doesn’t mean the terrorists have been defeated. It can’t mean Osama bin Laden has been captured, nor does it mean that the people of Iraq are better off now than they were. It doesn’t seem to mean that Iran has been weakened or neutralized and Israel has not yet managed to completely destroy the Palestinians. As Iraq’s electricity and water have not been restored, nor has its basic industries or manufacturing benefited so that can’t be it. No one could possibly believe that it could be the surge as the surge is just a recent failure. So…unless it refers to the price of a barrel of oil now being $110, I still can’t fathom what it is. Does anyone know? I suspect if anyone but Bush had claimed it has been a success they would have immediately been carted off to the loony bin. Bush seems to be exempt from having to display common sense, intelligence, truthfulness, or, indeed, any basic human qualities at all. The worse things get, the more deaths that occur, the longer the mayhem continues, the more he smiles and dances and clowns around. Thanks to our inept and cowardly Congress the act continues. Perhaps someday someone, somehow, will be able to explain this.

“So?” If you didn’t hear it, that’s what Dick the Slimy said upon being informed that two thirds of the American public think the “war” hasn’t been worth it. He went on to explain that one (I guess he meant the administration) can’t just go with the winds of public opinion. I don’t know what winds he has in mind as the winds have been opposed to this stupid, illegal, immoral, and unnecessary “war” from the very beginning. They may have risen a bit lately but the direction has been consistent all along. This evil man has made it repeatedly clear that he doesn’t give a damn what anyone thinks besides himself. And he’s been wrong about everything from the beginning. Really, truly, wrong, not wrong just a little bit. But again, thanks to our cowardly and inept Congress he is allowed to continue his evil ways with no interference. Never, I think, in the history of our country, has an individual been more deserving of impeachment (and arrest) than this miserable excuse for a human being. He makes Spiro Agnew look like an innocent cub scout but even he eventually had to go. Will anyone ever explain this?

A couple of pieces surfaced on the web today that deal with the question of white preachers and Hillary’s religious doings. There is no doubt that if the truth comes out about the sermons being preached by these evangelical far-right so-called religious leaders, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright Jr. will look quite sane by comparison (see Cent Uygur’ piece on Smirking Chimp). Let’s hope this investigation and comparison will continue. Hillary’s case is even more interesting as it turns out she belongs to an extremely conservative and secretive “Fellowship, also known as the “Family.” It has been suggested this is far more cult-like than most other religious organizations, and certainly more cult-like than anything about Obama’s followers (see Barbara Ehrenreich’s bit on Buzzflash today). There is supposed to be a book coming out on this later this summer. I think the Clinton campaign and others who are trying to make something of the Obama/Wright connection are going to soon regret it (unless for some reason these stories mysteriously disappear).

LKBIQ:
“I will not take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.”
Carl Sandburg