Now that the Dems control Congress
17th Nov 2006, 05:52 GMT
I think having a Democratic Congress is cool, but it just pops off one level of lunacy. They're still talking about Iraq like it's a borough of NYC, both parties. I think I see what's going to happen now -- gradually Iran is taking over, waiting until they can announce that they have nukes. Eventually we'll have to decide whether we want to fight a war with Iran or come home, defeated. The purpose of the Baker group is to spin it so that it's not W's fault, maybe even pin it on the Dems. We're headed for some bad times, no way out of it, and I think they all know it, and they're jockeying not to let the blame land on them. So what's the best outcome in Iraq? The Shi'ite part of Iraq will either become part of Iran or will be a client of Iran. The Sunni part will be annexed by Syria, and everyone will fight over Kurdistan. Now if I were a pessimist, I'd say that this is the place we'll fight World War III, with lots of fronts opening up all over the world, including here in the US. It was never an option for Iraq to become an American style democracy, I don't think Bush and the neocons ever really believed that could happen. If they did, I would have loved to have seen the plan for that to come about. One thing you can hear in all the Washington spin is that no one is talking about democracy anymore. The next myth to explode is that Iraq actually has government. And we should stop shipping arms into Iraq, we're just arming various sides of the civil war, and bringing about the death of more Iraqis. When you watch Baker in motion, don't think he's working for you. He's working for the Bush family, and more broadly, the Republican Party and the defense industry.