Good News, Bad News?
Two things. One, this 'DC Madam,' as the MSM is calling her. I think its despicable that people do things like that (that is, hire prostitutes), and that it shows poor character. If it can be proven that anyone hired her or a prostitute in her ring, I say toss them out of whatever job they have, and prosecute, if that's how the law plays out in DC.
And it's not the sex that bothers me, it's the flagrant disregard for the rule of law that tells me they should get the boot. On the upside, if there really are as many people on this 'list' as is rumored, we might get a whole bunch of scumbags out of the government.
Second, William F. Buckley, Jr. is proclaiming that the Bush Administration is now beyond help politically, and this does not bode well for the GOP. I am not sure he is correct, but it seems to be that this surge is the final push for the War in Iraq. If substantive results are not seen, real progress is not made by the end of November, we need to find a way to leave.
It seems to me now that between 70-80% of people who supported the war at the invasion point were wrong. There were certainly mistakes made post-invasion, and they probably come from the highest levels of the Bush Administration. I don't have any proof that any law-breaking was done (nor does anybody that I'm aware of) but mistakes were certainly made for one reason or another.
This does not necessarily make the whole war moot, but it certainly makes me wonder how things would have turned out otherwise. My gut seems to tell me that once the decision to invade was made, there was no other path but this one. I still want to remain optimistic, but the next 6 months is really make or break for this thing. I hope everyone is pulling for success, though that may be a little to naive of a belief.
At this point, it seems like this is going to be a formative shaping of policy in the War on Terror for the future.
And it's not the sex that bothers me, it's the flagrant disregard for the rule of law that tells me they should get the boot. On the upside, if there really are as many people on this 'list' as is rumored, we might get a whole bunch of scumbags out of the government.
Second, William F. Buckley, Jr. is proclaiming that the Bush Administration is now beyond help politically, and this does not bode well for the GOP. I am not sure he is correct, but it seems to be that this surge is the final push for the War in Iraq. If substantive results are not seen, real progress is not made by the end of November, we need to find a way to leave.
It seems to me now that between 70-80% of people who supported the war at the invasion point were wrong. There were certainly mistakes made post-invasion, and they probably come from the highest levels of the Bush Administration. I don't have any proof that any law-breaking was done (nor does anybody that I'm aware of) but mistakes were certainly made for one reason or another.
This does not necessarily make the whole war moot, but it certainly makes me wonder how things would have turned out otherwise. My gut seems to tell me that once the decision to invade was made, there was no other path but this one. I still want to remain optimistic, but the next 6 months is really make or break for this thing. I hope everyone is pulling for success, though that may be a little to naive of a belief.
At this point, it seems like this is going to be a formative shaping of policy in the War on Terror for the future.
Labels: Culture of Corruption, Iraq
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