Banging the Drums of War

The henchmen of the Bush Administration are banging the war drum for a war with Iran.

Let's be frank about this: If Bush manages to start his third war, we will look back on today's prices for gasoline with wistfulness.

Let's also be clear about something else: Bush is switching enemies in Iraq almost as fast as Hillary Clinton comes up with new math to justify the super delegates giving her the nomination.

First it was the Fedayeen Saddam.

Then it was the Sunni dead-enders.

Then it was al-Qaeda in Iraq.

Now it is Iranian meddling.

All have served as rationales for the Bush Administration to use to try to paper over its incompetence and its bull-headed moronic stubbornness to admit what is clear to most every person on the planet with an IQ above room temperature: This war has been well and truly fucked up. Bombing Iran will not do anything to solve it. In point of fact,bombing Iran is makes about as much sense as trying to stop a house fire by pouring nitromethane on it.

Right now, we are all hostages to a group of people in our government, largely based in the Vice President's office, who are either certifiably insane or incredibly evil. They have worked diligently to remove every sane person who stands in their way of a war that runs from the border of Jordan to the border of China. Bush and Cheney will have their third war.

And when that fails to stem the violence in Iraq and in Afghanistan, since every other war Bush has gotten involved in has trended towards failure, who will they next want to attack?

Or are they just going to be like Doug Feith, blaming everyone under the Sun for their own failures?