BernieHund: The Political Watchdog

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the War in Iraq.  Where are we today?

According to Emperor George XLIII

“The answers are clear to me,” Bush said in a speech at the Pentagon five years from the day the war began in 2003.

“Removing Saddam Hussein from power was the right decision, and this is a fight America can and must win.”

“No one would argue that this war has not come at a high cost in lives and treasure, but those costs are necessary when we consider the cost of a strategic victory for our enemies in Iraq,” the president said.

Additionally

President George W. Bush said on Wednesday he had no regrets about the unpopular war in Iraq despite the “high cost in lives and treasure” and declared that the United States was on track for victory.

According to Dick

Retaining his tough stance against Iran, Vice President Dick Cheney said Wednesday that Tehran may have restarted the nuclear weaponization program that a U.S. intelligence report said was halted in 2003.

Speaking in Oman, a U.S.-allied Arab monarchy and neighbor of Iran’s, Cheney told ABC News, “The important thing to keep in mind is the objective that we share with many of our friends in the region, and that is that a nuclear-armed Iran would be very destabilizing for the entire area.”

According John McCain

McCain said he and two Senate colleagues traveling with him continue to be concerned about Iranian operatives “taking al-Qaeda into Iran, training them and sending them back.”Pressed to elaborate, McCain said it was “common knowledge and has been reported in the media that al-Qaeda is going back into Iran and receiving training and are coming back into Iraq from Iran, that’s well known. And it’s unfortunate.” A few moments later, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, standing just behind McCain, stepped forward and whispered in the presidential candidate’s ear. McCain then said: “I’m sorry, the Iranians are training extremists, not al-Qaeda.”

And it appears that sometimes Senator McCain forgets which side he is on.

Let’s hope the three o’clock phone call isn’t answered by Larry, Moe, or Curly.  One thinks we are winning the War in Iraq.  Another is setting us up for an attack on Iran.  And, Curly doesn’t know who is who or what “they” are doing.I prefer to take my chances with the protesters outside the IRS building in Washington and the thousands across the country who took to the streets today.  At the very least, they know that we aren’t winning a damned thing and that the surge is only suppressing the civil war in Iraq for the time being.  They know that Iran is not a threat at this time (according to the latest NIE).  And, they know the difference between Shiite and Sunni.