Neocons at the Helm

The neocons at the helm of our state ship have run us onto the rocks. All their white papers, scheming, and dreams of glory have turned to dust. Their video replay of Iraq I and 'Nam got wrapped around the heads. (I was tempted to say 8-track - Z.)

The President will be resolute to the end, as he has shown so boldly coldly to Cindy Sheehan. But the Penatagon is deeply worried about their primary mission: maintaining America's forces for her self-defense and preservation. Bush is a short-timer, he knows his legacy is shot, so it all comes down to those with a longer view, the need to be employed again, the need for self-respect and a clear conscience.

Someone's going to have to burst the President's bubble, and instead of those directly involved - Rumsfeld, Myers, Condi, or Cheney - it will most likely fall on the shoulders of Cindy. But she's strong enough, she can take the heat, and she will surely stay her course.

Karl Rove is off his game, so the President is getting and sending mixed messages. He still thinks the "every option is on the table" script is operative (if it weren't so sad, ........). (Oh and by the way: he and whose army are gonna knock Iran off of their nuke silliness? Not mine, not Germany's, not Japan's, certainly not Iraq's.)

[SIDEBAR: This surely proves that international relations, knowledge of history, and wordly experience are required in each and every President we elect. The long-term goals of the mullahs in Iran have been made that much easier and that much closer to fruition, by the precipitious and petty acts of our current President. Hands down.]

But never fret, the right has one last stand to take, one last gambit. They've used it before and will use it again. It has played itself out far back into our nation's history, and despite its transparent nature, works almost every time: blame the left.

They will blame our demand for accountability.

They will blame us for publcizing the torture at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo.

The will blame us for asking where the $8 billion went.

They will blame us for asking where the armor is.

They will blame us for asking where bin Laden is.

They will do this in unison, at high pitch, with fortissimo volume. The Gang of 500 will repeat it, the people will hear it.

Deep inside they will all know to their dying day that they failed in their vision and they failed their country. The Pottery Barn rule does apply, but it has never applied to George Bush. You screw something up, there's blame, you move on and fix it -- something George Bush has never had to do his entire life. They can blame us on the left, we're big enough, but we better not take it lying down.

Our leaders better remind Joe Sixpack of who said what, who signed the orders, who approved the contracts, who made the decisions. If they don't, we'll see the M1A Vets for Truth attacking Casey Sheehan, the six who died today, the dissenters who would not shut up.

I hope the left has the good sense to fight these lies the minute they appear, for they surely will.

And I hope the neocons have the good sense to stay out of governing our country - forever.

(Special thanks to Digby for the brutal honesty, the forceful words, and the insightful links to people and writings I would never have known - Z)