Bush becoming isolated more than ever on Iraq

[babylonsister]

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=8986

January 15th, 2007 3:32 pm
Bush becoming isolated more than ever on Iraq

Support dries up as president looks to escalate military presence abroad

Associated Press

WASHINGTON - President Bush once said he was determined to stick with the Iraq war even if his wife and his dog were the only ones left at his side.

It’s moving in that direction.

People in the United States already were angry about the war before Bush said he would try to bring unrelentingly violent Iraq back from the brink by adding 21,500 more U.S. troops to the 132,000 there now.

Polls show the U.S. public overwhelmingly does not like the idea. Democrats always in opposition were joined very publicly by some Republicans in dissent. Even Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had to be persuaded to go along with a larger U.S. presence in Baghdad.

“He is as isolated as a president can be,” said Julian Zelizer, a political historian at Boston University.

Lawmakers did authorize the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Today, however, the Democratic-controlled Congress is poised to produce votes against a policy that, although nonbinding, will reverberate into the 2008 elections.

‘Dangerous foreign policy blunder’
And Bush’s problem with Washington’s politicians is not only the product of the new partisan divide.

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[MistressOverdone]

1. He is so nuts I almost admire

his tenacity. But not quite. I am impressed, however, that he hasn't folded yet. And confused. And worried. And conflicted.

I've never experienced this before in a politician.

[liberal renegade]

2. He's so crazy

he doesn't know he's evil.

[Mend]

3. he doesn't want to seem to be a flip-flop like his father, so he

is frozen in his role as the deciderator. The fact that he is destroying our country and the ME is quite irrelevant to the needs of his twisted psyche.

[Solly Mack]

4. Bush needs to be in isolation..in an 8x8 prison cell

[liberal renegade]

6. That's to big

I'm thinking something that's much more cramped would be better....

[Dover]

If Bush were Martin Luther King he would have been dead a long time ago

Such is how the powers-that-be in this country are aligned regarding their values (which are green in color). That said, IF Bushco no longers serves their purposes then I doubt they'd think twice about disposing of him one way or another. Bush would be the perfect scapegoat. Just attach all 'undesirable' portions of the agenda to him and have all those you want to 'save' (people and policy) start throwing stones at him. Buried and gone....a clean slate for renewed agendas embodied by new faces or by old faces who have suddenly 'seen the light'.

[Dover]

5. If Bush were Martin Luther King he would have been dead a long time ago

Such is how the powers-that-be in this country are aligned regarding their values (which are green in color). That said, IF Bushco no longers serves their purposes then I doubt they'd think twice about disposing of him one way or another. Bush would be the perfect scapegoat. Just attach all 'undesirable' portions of the agenda to him and have all those you want to 'save' (people and policy) start throwing stones at him. Buried and gone....a clean slate for renewed agendas embodied by new faces or by old faces who have suddenly 'seen the light'.