Bad Day In Washington 
Shortly after the invasion of Iraq and for many, BEFORE the invasion- it was apparent to anyone with a brain that Pakistan was a shaky ally and General Musharraf was a shaky leader. With every month that passed the situation became shakier and shakier.
The Iraqi pickle soured U.S. relations with the entire region except for Israel, which, in any event, had no relations in the region. The American Iraq attack galvanized extremists in Pakistan and made Musharraf shakier still.
History will record that the thr ee biggest mistakes of Bush’s tenure as President of the United States, were:
- to abandon the hunt for bin Laden, in favour of the Iraq Attack and piss off 90% of his friends as well everyone in the entire Middle East, except for Israel
- to thumb his nose at the informed critics of an Iraq invasion, including the CIA
- to listen to Dick Cheney
So, what does he do now?
- Does he invade Pakistan? Not likely, not with a broken military.
- Does he resign? He won’t go quietly.
- Does he bomb Iran as a distraction? Maybe.
This story has impeachment written in between every line.
AFGHAN DISASTER
The ham-fisted U.S./NATO debacle in Afghanistan provides ongoing proof of a failed strategy to save a failed state.
It was reported this week that NATO killed 108 civilians in an airstrike on Friday. Whether the figure is exactly accurate is almost irrelevant. Even the puppet Karzai is disgusted, so just imagine what this sort of report does for the proponents of terror.
More backround here
TIME TO RECONCILE
It’s far too late now to undo the terrible damage that George Bush and his friends have done to our world. All that can be done now, is to ask forgiveness and make a serious attempt to reconcile East and West.
Let’s just hope that it’s not too late.
