If At First You Don't Succeed

You're probably doing something wrong ...

The evidence that VP Dick Cheney thinks the American people are gullible fools keeps piling up as he pushes with less and less subtlety the prospect of a necessary intervention in Iran. The question that remains is, are we the gullible fools he takes us for? He's basically using the same spiel he made in regard to Iraq, claiming that Iran has "robust nuclear programs" and "sponsors terrorism." We've heard this speech before. Remember how well that's worked out?

We believed him the first time, when he said it about Iraq, but now that so much has come out to prove that there were no WMDs in Iraq, and that they had no connection to the terrorism of 9/11, can he really get away with pulling the same joke twice?

Repeat it with me: "We are at war with Eastasia. We've always been at war with Eastasia ..."

If he tries the line about being greeted as libertors, can we all just agree to put him out of his misery? He's pumping a dry well at this point.

Another big issue that may crop into discussion here is how military intervention in Iran would affect the possibility of a draft. With it generally agreed that there are not enough troops in Iraq to stabalize the country, and no signs of that quagmire clearing up any time soon, how could we possibly have enough troops to take on a whole other country without imposing a draft? And will the world really let us just keep making the same mistake again and again? And will we really let ourselves keep making the same mistake again and again?