GEORGE BUSH: FLIP-FLOPPER

Two weeks before the November elections, which shifted control of Congress from the Republicans to the Democrats, Bush asserted that "absolutely, we're winning" in Iraq.

Update - Tuesday, 19 Dec 2006 - for the first time, the Smirking Coward said that American forces were not winning in Iraq. He also said the military would be expanded to fight a long-term battle against terrorism.

Flip-Flop? You bet your body armor!

Does Dim Son really think the situation in Iraq has worsened so much in the past 60 days that it changed the character of the war 180 degrees from "absolutely winning" to "we're not winning?" Or could it possibly be that his failed policies have never worked in Iraq? Has Bush been putting lipstick on his Iraq pig all along?

The Chimp goes on to say on 19 Dec that he plans to increase troop strength for a "long-term" war. Did the dummy-in-chief not get the hint in November?

Bush feels the need to tell the American people what he thinks they want to hear. But were Dim Bulb's comments "the truth?" No! NOT the truth. The Chimp-in-Chief's comments were meant to placate the doubting public - the 71% of Americans opposed to the Iraq War - a coming out, of sorts - with what the vast majority of Americans already know, or at least sense - that we aren't winning in Iraq, and we haven't been since MISSION ACCOMPLISHED days. Nothing has changed, and what's worse - Bush has no plans to bring this disaster to a close - against even the good counsel of the Iraq Study Group. This latest flurry of activity by the Pentagon and the White House to portray Bush as a catalyst for change is the same old horse and pony show this administration has played on the national stage since 9/11. The American people are screaming "NO MORE LIPSTICK MR. BUSH!" All the while, Bush cozies up to the Avon lady - and Laura isn't on Avon's payroll.

How many more hundreds of thousands of Iraqi men, women and children does Bush plan to murder? How many more cargo aircraft laden with dead GIs does George the Lesser plan to bring home so that Halliburton and the Carlyle Group can profit billion$?

For the first time in his miserable, cowardly life - George Bush told the truth - we aren't winning in Iraq. So what does he do about it? More lipstick. What a fool that man is.

We aren't winning in Iraq because our military doesn't have the will to do so. The military isn't a machine - it's comprised of individuals - and when the individuals lose faith - when the individuals no longer know what their goals are - when the individuals believe they are being sacrificed for the financial gain of a few very wealthy corporations and individual - they lose the will to fight and win. 3000 dead. For the vast vast majority of Americans - that's like everyone you went to high school with being killed. 650,000 - 700,000 dead Iraqi civilians - that's equivalent to murdering every citizen in cities like Baltimore, Austin, Charlotte, Seattle, Boston, or Milwaukee - in fact, greater than all but 15 of our largest cities.

There are so many AWOLS and desertions at this juncture - the services don't have the legal staff to process them, and are having to resort to contracting civilian attorneys to take up the slack. The Army has waived and eliminated quality factors for enlistees - no more requirements for high school diplomas, lower scores accepted on entrance exams, criminal records OK, and lots and lots of "bonus money." With those kinds of standards, it's no wonder crime is up on military installations and standards of behavior are deteriorating and moral is lower than in Vietnam - the military is resorting to desperate measures to maintain it's population of sitting ducks. Of course, when you have a commander-in-chief who AWOLed the Texas Air National Guard, you can't expect much in the way of standards and leadership by example.

Alas! It's high time chimp-boy speak the truth about "winning" in Iraq. 700,000 dead people too late, but he managed to eek it out. I suppose he expects our warm and heartfelt "thanks." But he blamed the failures in Iraq on AMERICAN FORCES and not PNAC/NEONUT/BUSH POLICIES!!! Now THAT will go a long way to encourage the troops to do better! Boy, he sure knows how to pass accountability and responsibility to his subordinates! What a leader! But I don't hear anyone heaping praise upon the troops for the massive profits their sacrifices bring to Bush's corporate whores - Bush claims that for himself - Bush measures his success in how much profit he can bring to his cronies - not on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. Bush wants to broaden the war in Iraq because it broadens the bank accounts of his "base."

On a more "personal" note - with the same disdain George Bush has toward the lives of our troops and the suffering of their families, I hold toward his beloved Mrs. Chimp - skin cancer can't spread fast enough for me.