Is The Iraq Debate Dead?

That is an excellent question? It would appear that the Congress is impotent against Bush and his band of .........can not find a good word to describe his supporters. Everything that the Dems have thrown at the Prez on Iraq has not bloomed into some action to end the war. I will give them their props, they tried, but they couldn't do it.

But what now? If I had to guess it would be to move on to Iran. I mean the entire country sees Iran as a threat. BTW, a helluva sell job on that topic! Congress will enact some legislation that involves sanctions and such, but the wording needs to be followed closely. A similar sanctions thing was past back in 1998 concerning Iraq and it has been one of the cornerstones used to justify the invasion of Iraq. I foresee the same thing being put into any sanctions bills. The wording could be used as a precursor for invasion or an attack or whatever military bullsh*t they come up with in the future.

As far as Iraq goes, the Congress will still offer bills and such as a way to give the impression that at least they are trying, but the Prez is just too strong of an opposition in the Congress. IMO, the focus will shift to Iran, maybe quietly, but it will shift nonetheless.

Just for the info check out H.R. 2880, it says:

To amend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to enhance United States diplomatic efforts with respect to Iran by expanding economic sanctions against Iran to include the importation of refined petroleum.

Read it closely, it is worded so that there are a lot of options that could be pursued according to this legislation. Just a thought!

There is also the Lieberman/Kyl resolution that labels the Islamic Revolutionary Guard of Iran as a terrorist organization. These two senators are the biggest pro-war senators in the Senate and this resolution will be yet another nail in the coffin for war.

This is from a meeting of the Inkwell 3 and their discussion on the Iran/Iraq situation.

CHUQ

Professor's Perspective

Myan....My.....Man....M.......m......BURMA!

Hopefully the world now knows what is going on in Myanmar. You know the country that is having the domestic protest problem?

Myanmar was renamed from Burma about 19 yrs ago when the present military junta took control. And from that point all democratic institutions have been oppressed. The country has been under military control for about 40 yrs and the present one has been the most oppressive.

Bush made several comments about the country to include stiffer sanctions on the country. Good idea. But why now? This has been going on for decades and no one really gave a screaming crap. Why now?

The answer is easy--it is the 800 pound gorilla in the room. It is in the news. The media is covering this daily and often. Bush had to appear to be sensitive to the plight of the Burmese people because of his admin's total lack of concern for the people of Darfur. The Bush Boyz have taken lots of grief over the Darfur thing and they wanted to avoid any such thing again.

When the news ceases so will the Bush concern with the country.

CHUQ

Political Dynasties

I remember back in the day when there was news of the USSR Politburo elections and there was a 7 or 8% turn over, the media would say how predictable and how fixed the elections were. Then I remember also when like Pakistan and India when daughters or spouses of countries leaders were "elected" it was somehow fixed.

But think about it! If Clinton wins the election we will have at least 25 years of Clinton and Bush. Would that fall into the category of a political dynasty? By most definitions, it would be a political dynasty, but for some reason it will be the desire of the people for this to occur. Does that then, mean that the ones labelled in the past we also as legitimate?

Now let us look at the Congress where about 95% were re-elected to serve, but yet in the USSR it was a fixed election when 93% were re-elected. Which is it?

All I am saying is that the American people are allowing these political dynasties to exist. Is it laziness? Or possibly stupidity? Just what is it that makes the continuation of these families to rule the country so appealing? When will the people realize this is not really in their best interests?

That is a lame question! The answer is NEVER!

CHUQ

Syria Did It!

That is the answer that seems to be given by the Bush admin on a regular basis, or either Iran did it. I will stick with Syria, for now.

they have been accused...........you get the idea. Syria has been labelled by Bush as part of the Axis of Evil, so with that sold to the American people, anything they are accused of Syria has been blamed for numerous assassinations of anti-Syrian politicians in Lebanon, they have been accused of support Al-Qaeda, they have been accused of being in league with Iran, and will be seen as gospel.

There is NO proof that Syria has ordered or contributed to any assassinations, but if asked the average person would say they are guilty of it. a helluva sell job! As a matter of fact NO proof has ever been offered to substantiate the claims of their links to terrorism, just the word of a Prez who is known to be a lair.

Recently Israel attacked a Syrian location with an air strike. First it was they dropped fuel tanks, then ordinance, then, it was a nuke site. Israel says they had intel that North Korean nuke material was stored at the site. As of today, a report from US intel sources say there was NO nuke material at the site.

A provocation was the only reason for the strike, with the hope that it would have an overreacted response from Syria, that would then confirm that they were a sponsor of terror and an aggressor.

OOPS! Syria has taken the high ground and filed formal protest in the proper international arenas. Now another strategy will have to be formulated to entice Syria into a bad call and thus give the opposition a reason to continue the hostilities against Syria.

I would say that Syria is acting as a responsible international resident, even if their neighbors are not.

CHUQ
26 Sept 2007

Announcement

Hello friends! My office has been named The Inkwell and I like the sound of it, so I started a blog to publish findings and such that I formulate as I read and reflect.

I hope you guys enjoy. Feel free to offer suggestions at anytime.