White House spinning out of control
The latest rounds of spin from the Bush administration are really straining the credulity of the press corps and the public.First, over the weekend, we were asked to believe that the president's strategy in Iraq has never been to "stay the course." [What they're saying, in effect, is that those of us who heard them say 'stay the course' all those many times before were hearing things. We must be going crazy. We're hearing things.] This in spite of all the times in the past that Bush himself has used the phrase, which happens to accurately define his approach.
And now, as of this morning, we're being asked to believe that staying the course (or whatever you want to call it) is working [Here's the crux of it: they still insist their "plan" is working, when the truth is they don't really have a plan at all. They say they want to win, but they don't really know what it takes. There was a plan at Normandy, a plan for the post-war periods in Germany and Japan after WWII. There has been NO working plan for the occupation of Iraq. Step one, before we even know what should change, is to get people in Washington who are actually able and willing to consider change.], and that Iraqi security forces could be largely self-sufficient within 12 to 18 months.
Again, despite all the evidence to the contrary.
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- October 25, 2006
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