the other elections held in the region, well, even hope seems under fire, leaving us no choice but to pull a fifth ace from the deck. In other words, there is no fouNow that we know Bush’s original assault on Iraq was less about preemption and more about the first part of a grandiose plan to wedge and spread Democracy into the Middle East, I’d like to understand why the President continues to push this policy in light of the growing evidence that predicted roadblocks are already at hand. It is a policy whose underpinning is no longer dependent on the optimistic promise of a hallucinogenic vision but rather on the hope that somehow elections by folks steeped in centuries of sometimes overt, sometimes suppressed sectarian warring will miraculously embrace democracy and form a republic—of any kind? And based on some of the other elections held in the region, well, even hope seems under fire, leaving us no choice but to pull a fifth ace from the deck. In other words, there is no founiddle East, I’d like to understand why the President continues to push this policy in light of the growing evidence that predicted roadblocks are already at hand. It is a policy whose underpinning is no longer dependent on the optimistic promise of a hallucinogenic vision but rather on the hope that somehow elections by folks steeped in centuries of sometimes overt, sometimes suppressed sectarian warring will miraculously embrace democracy and form a republic—of any kind? And based on some of the other elections held in the region, well, even hope seems under fire, leaving us no choice but to pull a fifth ace from the deck. In other words, there is no fouis a policy whose underpinning is no longer dependent on the optimistic promise of a hallucinogenic vision but rather on the hope that somehow elections by folks steeped in centuries of sometimes overt, sometimes suppressed sectarian warring will miraculously embrace democracy and form a republic—of any kind? And based on some of the other elections held in the region, well, even hope seems under fire, leaving us no choice but to pull a fifth ace from the deck. In other words, there is no fouped in centuries of sometimes overt, sometimes suppressed sectarian warring will miraculously embrace democracy and form a republic—of any kind? And based on some of the other elections held in the region, well, even hope seems under fire, leaving us no choice but to pull a fifth ace from the deck. In other words, there is no fouthe other elections held in the region, well, even hope seems under fire, leaving us no choice but to pull a fifth ace from the deck. In other words, there is no foundation remaining for a sound policy, just wishful thinking.

But, as we know and all come to love about our irascible president, Dubya is one stubborn guy, or as he likes to think of himself, a guy who sticks to his convictions, a guy who doesn’t debate with himself once a decision is made. That’s nice when your convictions and decisions might be over the choices on a dinner menu, but we are talking war here where bad and good people kill bad and good people and where plenty of dollars are borrowed to fund the insanity.

Honestly, if King George declares “freedom is on the march” one more time, I just might jam a white hot poker into my eye. At