Thursday, December 12, 2002

William Rivers Pitt hilights a prime example of the arrogance and stupidity of the Bush administration:
The Pure Essence of Stupid ... George W. Bush holds incontrovertible proof that Iraq is in possession, and is furthermore busily developing, weapons of mass destruction. But. You are not allowed see that proof. Neither can the international community see that proof. Neither can the press. Neither can the weapons inspectors, whose job it is to locate and destroy these items, if they exist, in the first place. One would think such data would best be served by placing it into the hands of the individuals tasked to ferret these weapons out. No sale. The UN cannot see this blockbuster evidence. Nor can the media. Nor can the inspectors. Nor can you. This is fine, you see. We trust George W. Bush to such an amazing degree that we are willing and able to be led into war without ever knowing the reason why, because we love him so very much. You don't believe me? Ask Jed Babbin, former Undersecretary of Defense in the first Bush administration. He usually appears on Fox News to speak the Bush administration party line, but December 9th found him speaking the aforementioned party line on the Chris Mathews MSNBC talk show, 'Hardball.' Feast: MATTHEWS: Shouldn't he have to show evidence? You're acting like it's a question mark. Isn't it necessary morally and politically and historically for this president to show his own people and the world he has evidence of weapons of mass destruction before going in? BABBIN: He has no obligations like that, Chris. This is not a trial. This is not a legal proceeding. This is a matter of national survival and national security. MATTHEWS: Well, how do the American people know that there's weapons of mass destruction in that country if the president can't show them there are? BABBIN: Because they trust their president. When he gets up, as he will soon, I believe, and tells them that they do have all the evidence that they need to proceed on Saddam's weapons. MATTHEWS: OK, so it's on his say-so. We're going to war on the president's say-so. BABBIN: That's the way it always is.
Perhaps Mr. Babbin needs to read up on his history a little. For example, did he hear about the little incident called the Revolutionary War in which the colonists in the Americas rose up and expelled the British because the latter were essentially telling them to do what they were told based solely on the say-so of the king? The Bushies want to return us to a mythical time in which the President's authority is unquestioned and unassailable. All hail king George!

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