The Triumph of Ideology Over Reality
Not content with the
terrorist-breeding instability he caused by invading
Iraq, President Bush is plotting with Israel to repeat
the disaster in Syria.
The diplomatic editor of the
London Telegraph reports (Oct.
5) that the US is aiming at Syrian "regime
change." The British newspaper quotes Israeli
defense minister Shaul Mofaz as saying that a
report blaming Syria for the assassination of a
former Lebanese government official will be the catalyst
that starts the ball rolling. Mofaz says the report will
be the pretext for Bush to impose sanctions on Syria,
"beginning with economic sanctions and moving on to
others."
The Israeli newspaper, Haaretz,
reports (Oct.
3) that the Bush administration has asked Israel`s
government to recommend a successor for Syrian president
Bashar al Assad. No doubt, the Bush administration will
describe Israel`s selection of Syria`s new president as
the workings of democracy.
The Stratfor Intelligence Brief
reports (Oct.
5, subscriber link) that Bush`s National Security
Council is deciding whether to bomb Syrian villages
along what are thought to be "the infiltration routes
used by jihadists" and to have
US Special Forces conduct operations inside Syrian
territory.
Obviously, far from heeding demands
from US generals and congressional members of his own
political party for a plan to withdraw from Iraq, Bush
intends to widen the war.
How can Bush, his National Security
Council, and Israel be so blind to the consequences of
destabilizing Syria? A CIA report concluded that the US
invasion of Iraq created a training ground for al Qaeda.
Doesn`t Bush understand that creating chaos in Syria
will have the same result?
The National Security Council needs
to quickly consult some real Middle East experts before
Bush`s reckless policies in the face of seething
anti-American sentiment cause the overthrow of US puppet
rulers in Egypt, Jordan, and Pakistan, and dethrone the
princes ruling the American oil protectorates in the
Middle East.
If the Bush administration cannot
defeat insurgency in Iraq, how can it defeat insurgency
in Iraq and Syria? In Iraq, Syria, and Iran? The Bush
administration is fanatical, divorced from reality.
Last week
Lt. Gen. William Odom, former
director of the National Security Agency,
said that Bush`s invasion of Iraq was
"the greatest strategic disaster in US history."
This is quite a distinction for Bush and his government.
Are the morons now going to double the distinction by
attacking Syria and quadruple it by attacking Iran?
Why don`t Congress and the American
public understand that the US cannot afford to worsen
the disaster in which it finds itself?
Nothing better illustrates the
reality-denying capability of the Bush administration
than its secretary of state
Condi Rice`s speech at
Princeton University on September 30. It is a
fantasy speech, devoid of awareness that "regime
change" in Iraq substituted Shi`ite clergy for a
secular ruler. The US secretary of state has no inkling
of the conflict generated between Shi`ite, Sunni and
Kurd by the US imposed attempt to produce and to adopt a
constitution?
The Bush administration`s Middle
East policy is the triumph of ideology over reality.
Something must be done to stop Bush before he mimics in
the Middle East Hitler`s invasion of Russia. The
American people cannot afford the blood and treasure
that the fanatical Bush administration is willing to
squander in the Middle East.
What can be done about a president
who is immune to reason? A bill of impeachment is a good
start.
The Bush administration has already
done more damage to Americans than the September 11
attacks. The American people and their congressional
representatives must hold Bush accountable before it is
too late. The Bush administration has no intention of
stopping with Iraq. At Princeton, Condi Rice again
declared the administration`s intention to use US
military force to transform the societies in the Middle
East. "Now is not the time to falter or fade,"
declared the US secretary of state.
Such total oblivion to the
"greatest strategic disaster in US history" is far
more scary than Muslim terrorists.
Dr.
Roberts, [email
him] a former Associate Editor of the
Wall Street Journal and a
former Contributing Editor of National Review,
was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury during the
Reagan administration. He is
the author of
The Supply-Side Revolution
and, with Lawrence M. Stratton, of
here for Peter
Brimelow`s Forbes
Magazine interview with Roberts about the recent
epidemic of prosecutorial misconduct.
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