[Porsche-O-Phile]

Saddam WAS a murdering bastard, no doubt and it'll be satisfying I'm sure to see his lifeless body swinging from a rope. However, his actions do not even remotely justify what has happened. 3,000 U.S. troops dead (this time), countless billions of dollars wasted, U.S. international credibility permanently destroyed, tens of thousands of people displaced or families destroyed or loved ones killed, etc. etc. etc. There was absolutely no move to charge Hussein for war crimes or arrest him under international law for his crimes either at the end of Gulf War I or before bombs started falling during our neither-shocking-nor-awesome "shock-and-awe" campaign. This was convenient after-the-fact rationalization B.S. on the part of a desperate and scrambling-for-reasons adminstration here in Washing-toon to attempt to defend an increasingly unpopular war against an increasingly dissatisfied American populace.

There are two major tragedies in this: (1) that the "justice" the Kurds are getting is only done so as a side-benefit of trying to salvage a political sinking ship on the part of the Bush administration and that (2) juuuuuuuust enough of the American public was stupid enough (and perhaps the Democrats were even stupider) to give our current Imbicile-in-Chief the benefit of the doubt for four more years. Fortunately most people came to their senses eventually and it showed in the recent Congressional elections, but it could have been much sooner and the efforts to mend the nation and what's left of our shattered credibility as a nation could have begun that much sooner. That's really unfortunate.

It's kind of aprospro that Gerald Ford died this past week. He's probably the last U.S. president I'd consider to be a true "uniter". Every single president since has done nothing to unite the ever-growing partisan divide or has pried it even wider through reckless pursuits of "ramrodding" partisan political agendas down the throats of the other side. If there was ever a time this nation needed someone who could try to glue the broken pieces of this nation back together like he tried to do, it's now.

I look with fear and trepidation towards 2008. At a time when we really need healing and unity, we'll end up with another divisive goddamned circus of Hillary Clinton versus Jeb Bush or something. Maybe it's time for a little revolution or civil war in THIS country, seeing as the politicans have become so adept at failing us so regularly. . .

Rant out.