Comments on: No Big Deal?

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 10 May 2006 05:42:16 +0000

Actually, Steve, the march to war in Iraq figures large in the letter.

If people read it, they will realize that it lays out the history of US interaction with Iran, and it isn’t a rant. It is a bit snarky in its constant call for the Shrubbery to act like a Christian.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Wed, 10 May 2006 04:14:04 +0000

As one who in all ordinary circumstances agrees with Churchill that “[t]o jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war,” and who also thinks that, to this point, our relationship with Iran counts as “ordinary circumstances” (i.e., they may be nuts, but they won’t nuke us tomorrow or even next year), I have to say that BushCo™ is following the same course toward war with Iran as it did with Iraq. Ignoring the letter, blustery though it may be, is just a sign to a mistrustful world that our so-called leaders have no intention of allowing diplomacy to work, no matter what. That ought to assure noncooperation by the UN, whatever else it does or does not accomplish. “Fool me twice… won’t get burned again,” the other UN Security Council members are surely saying to themselves.

I really thought, and hoped, I had seen the last of those people once Reagan left office, or at least when Poppy Bush was defeated. No such luck.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 10 May 2006 01:20:58 +0000

Because they would try it again. Don’t give these idiots ideas.

By: andante

andante — Wed, 10 May 2006 00:23:49 +0000

Not very nice bringing up Iran-Contra

Since most of the old Iran-Contra cast is back in the saddle, I don’t see why not.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 09 May 2006 22:39:39 +0000

The trackback for any post is just trackback/ on the end of the regular permalink, for example, the trackback for this post is:

http://whynow.dumka.us/2006/05/08/no-big-deal/trackback/

By: Why Now?

Why Now? — Tue, 09 May 2006 22:34:43 +0000

Monthly Post…

Testing the trackback of the new blog, second attempt…

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 09 May 2006 22:29:29 +0000

POP, we know war is the only thing he thinks can save him, but the reality is that he really needs to do something right.

I’m going to test it, Michael.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 09 May 2006 20:15:10 +0000

That’s the link I clicked on, but all I got was the post: no trackback URL to point to. Oh, well!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 09 May 2006 19:43:20 +0000

Michael, the trackback is essentially the regular link with /trackback/ tacked on the end, but it doesn’t matter because I read your blog and if you link to any post I get a notification on the dashboard. The link is in the gray block at the end of the post above.

All a trackback does is add an automatic comment to the post on WordPress.

Andante, would you eat a cake from Condi? Not very nice bringing up Iran-Contra.

By: pissed off patricia

pissed off patricia — Tue, 09 May 2006 19:32:44 +0000

I think bush wants another war and he wants it in Iran. The only times his poll numbers have gone up were when he started a war. They must think that ploy will work again. I don’t think even the dumbest bastards will support him on this one.

Guess he been chatting up god again and hearing that god wants more killing.