Misha wrote:
Heraclitus said "panta rhei": everything streams, but if you'd ask me, everything streams is fucking circles, especially history. I have yet to find something that doesn't occur periodically, even the devellopment of music seems subject. And now again some crusades by Bush on Muslims, why can't the sick fuck just leave people alone and mind his own business?
i agree... history doesn't teach ppl anything. But it's always easy to be wise after events.
anyway.. wheither or not this new plan is good i don't know. But I think it's better than fleeing; it would be cowardly to start a war to fix a country (despite the fact that had nothing to do with it in the first place, the real motifs are somewhat still blurry) only to leave it behind in ruins and chaos just because it didn't went as planned.
For the first time i probably should give a bit credit to Bush for sticking to his guns rather ran fleeing with the tail between his legs just because the citizens of USA are quite unpleased with him... I mean, he knew it probably would cost him his last bit of popularity and his last chance of being re-elected. However, his speech wasn't that convincing and he tried hard with the same ol' strategy: " I'll just mention terrorists and 11/9, and they'll believe me!", while the iraqis was of less importance.. i wonder if i truly believes he's fighting terrorism or if it's just a way of gaining support.. Sure, he's probably defeating some terrorists, but it seems as if they use the term about every arab who doesn't agree with them in Iraq. But it doesn't matter that much, cuz the "war on terror" itself in Iraq doesn't help the problem it only makes things worse, imo. But still, that's not the issue now, the issue now is wheither to help the Iraqis and stabilize their country, or withdraw and leave them to their own fate, which i don't think they are ready to yet.
Course, he can't be re-elected, having served his two terms, so he probably simply doesn't give a toss any more...
