While Bush and his propaganda machine continue to use any opportunity to push with the media the so called “surge” and at the same time blast anybody who opposes it, Sidney Blumenthal reports today in Salon that
“Deep within the bowels of the Pentagon, policy planners are conducting secret meetings to discuss what to do in the worst-case scenario in Iraq about a year from today if and when President Bush’s escalation of more than 20,000 troops fails, a participant in those discussions told me. None of those who are taking part in these exercises, shielded from the public view and the immediate scrutiny of the White House, believes that the so-called surge will succeed. On the contrary, everyone thinks it will not only fail to achieve its aims but also accelerate instability by providing a glaring example of U.S. incapacity and incompetence.”
In the meantime, while more American troops die everyday in Iraq, the democratic Senate continues to debate about when to start the debate about Iraq and useless non-binding resolutions.
Let’s remind our representatives that, once upon a time, the US Congress had an opportunity to confront Lyndon B. Johnson and cut funding for another unpopular and futile war. And that this opportunity came before 95% percent of the men and women whose names appear today in the Vietnam Memorial Wall were dead.
Congress missed that opportunity. Let’s hope it does not happen again.
Do you still remember Vietnam Senator Warner?