A refresher course?

I think it was last September when the government released The National Security Strategy For The United States Of America and I think it would behoove most folks to give it a quick read. It basically outlines everything that Dubya and his cronies are doing right now. The Iraq situation makes much more sense once it is viewed primarily as a test case for these new strategies.

I mean let's face it, Saddam is a really bad guy who's people will be cheering in the streets once he’s removed from office. Well, cheering in the streets once they've finished lynching ex-member of his Republican Guard and settled the sea of old scores bubbling under the surface right now. Saddam is pretty damn evil...no one is disputing that. The danger behind our current actions right now has to do with the U.S. of A's bullying threats of moving forward unilaterally and the fact that this is the tactic Dubya and his advisors -- save Colin Powell -- have employed since the first mention of the new "axis of evil." It's this sort of posturing that has backed Dubya into a corner where now he's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. And let's not even talk about the political damage he's done to his number one supporter Tony Blair.

I was listening to Blair's question and answer session with the House Of Commons yesterday and was struck by how quick on his feet and subtly funny the man was. This made me feel even worse about the fact that he seems to have committed political suicide by aligning himself with Dubya. The difference between the two men is that Blair seems to have come to the decision for the need for regime change through intense study of the situation while Bush just seems to have a blind faith that is the product of one too many bible study classes and the belief in divine providence. Creepy.

Long story short as far as my views go? Saddam has to go but -- to paraphrase constructive criticism given to my friend Jim in the midst of coitus -- the U.S. of A. is doing it all wrong.