Chekhov's Mistress
Ther’s irony in that ther hole yer tryin to dig out of, Mr Cheney!
Our nearly hermetic Vice President Dick Cheney gave a hastily arranged speech to his friends at the American Enterprise Institute yesterday. Ostensibly his purpose was to talk about the Bush Administration’s commitment to “act decisively” on terrorism. Much of the speech however, was devoted to justifying the administration’s justifications for going to war with Iraq. The New York Times quotes a Cheney aid as saying that “This was partly in response to the recent unpleasantness,” and “We had to get out of the hole we were in.”
So in digging out of this hole (that may be turning into a quagmire) Mr. Cheney says “at a safe remove from danger, some are trying to cast doubt upon the decision to liberate Iraq.” First of all, by the rhetoric coming from the White House, I’m never quite sure if the Administration wanted to free Iraqis from their evil dictator, or make Americans safer from the evil terrorist, or maybe just sell some Charmin, Mr. Whipple.
But the irony is that, at the same time Mr. Cheney is preaching how Americans are safe from attacks from Iraq, three Americans were killed in attacks from Iraq! And these were just three casualties out of a total 236 dead Americans that are piling up (not to mention Iraqi deaths, of which I have not seen a count).
Now I don’t want to beat a dead Qusay, er horse, but how many American casualties would there be if we had not invaded Iraq? None! And judging by the evidence produced so far, the $58 billion annual cost and 236 dead Americans lost invading Iraq could have been devoted to rooting out the, sadly, proven terrorist, Osama bin Laden.
So, Iím left wondering, are we any safer since we deposed Saddam Hussein?
Stories quoted:
Cheney Asserts No Responsible Leader Could Have Ignored Danger From Iraq. New York Times Friday, July 25, 2003. A10
3 More U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq as Resistance Continues. New York Times, July 24, 2003
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- Posted by: Bud Parr
- Date: July 25, 2003
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