Stray the Course
Posted October 25th, 2006 by Chip Bok
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The White House no longer says "stay the course". According to the Guardian they are now the knights who say "change":
"…the president himself hammered a new buzzword: "Change". "We're
constantly changing. The enemy changes, and we change. The enemy adapts
to our strategies and tactics, and we adapt to theirs. We're constantly
changing to defeat this enemy," he said…"
Reuters quotes the president saying he is willing to change "tactics" in Iraq but not strategery, er "strategy".
Rich Lowry of National Review admires Bush's resolve but says he needs to change course. James Taranto's Best of the Web Today quotes a sergeant in army intelligence, stationed in Iraq, who says we're screwed if we don't change.
Change can be risky for Bush presidents. Especially if you are a lip reader.
October 25th, 2006 at 9:15 am
These guys act more like the Knights of Bobby.
October 25th, 2006 at 9:36 am
Hahahahahaha. I find the reference to Monty Python’s Holy Grail to be most humorous and appropriate. It doesn’t end here. Who can forget the coliseum scene in “Life of Brian” when Brian joins the Peoples Front of Judea (not to be confused with the Judean Peoples Front or the Judean Popular Peoples Front)? Every time another Islamic extremist group claims responsibility for another terrorist act I flash back to that scene. Have to find some humor where you can these days. Those guys were way ahead of their time.
October 25th, 2006 at 12:16 pm
With Bush and Cheney's actual military service history, Sir Robin "the Brave" would also represent them well. Well done Chip.
October 25th, 2006 at 12:24 pm
Touche Tim……
Brave Sir Robin ran away.
Bravely ran away, away!
When danger reared its ugly head,
He bravely turned his tail and fled.
Yes, brave Sir Robin turned about
And gallantly he chickened out.
Bravely taking to his feet
He beat a very brave retreat,
Bravest of the brave, Sir Robin!
November 5th, 2006 at 7:28 pm
Who is it that we are supposed to be supporting. The Shia Gov'ts major supporters include death squads linked to a popular cleric who also is very unhappy with the U.S. occupation. The Gov't that we installed has major links to both death squads and to Iran, and it looks like now after invading to depose the Sunnis who controlled the Gov't, now we are looked to as protectors of the Sunnis from the Gov't linked death squads. And who controls the oil is a major factor in all of this, between the main 3 warring factions, Sunni, Shia, Kurd, along with the U.S. Its well documented that the U.S. occupation has involved huge amounts of corruption in contracts and dealing with the oil and other problems, such as the corruption documented related to Haliburton unbid contracts.