Can these idiots do anything right??? Whether it's the war on terror or Iraq, the Bush administration appears to be operating on all cylinders -- assuming it's the job of those cylinders to screw things up...
A Gitmo detainee who was locked up in the Cuba gulag when he was 15 can't be tried under Bush's military tribunal system because he was designated an "enemy combatant" and not an "unlawful enemy combatant." Now, some are saying the mistake could jeopardize the whole, un-American system of Bushian justice.
Meanwhile, insurgents have posted video purporting to prove that they killed three U.S. troops still missing in Iraq.
And CNN reports that a senior U.S. general says that so far, the surge is a bust. Still waiting for the website to post the report, but Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr just reported it during Lou Dobbs' show.
Update: Hell, even the torture general, Ricardo Sanchez, thinks the war has gone to hell. Sanchez said in a recent speech in San Antonio:
“I think if we do the right things politically and economically with the right Iraqi leadership we could still salvage at least a stalemate, if you will — not a stalemate but at least stave off defeat,” Sanchez told the San Antonio Express-News. “It’s also kind of important for us to answer the question, ‘What is victory?’, and at this point I’m not sure America really knows what victory is.” […]
“I am absolutely convinced that America has a crisis in leadership at this time and we’ve got to do whatever we can to help the next generation of leaders do better than we have done over the past five years,” Sanchez said, “better than what this cohort of political and military leaders have done.”
Why so bleak?
The U.S. has lost 16 troops in just the first four days of June. This coming right after May having been the deadliest month of the year to date. And even with all the carnage on both sides, U.S. troops still do not control all of Baghdad -- forget Iraq -- we're just talking Baghdad! Add to that the psychological burdens being placed on our forces, half of whom are facing psych issues, according to a recent study.
For God's sake, how much failure can one country take? Or rather, two???
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