Bush’s Mad-dash to History’s Dustbin

Tweet In this article, Mike Whitney explains why Bush is pursuing what seems to be a suicidal strategy in Iraq. He also posits at the end of the article that Baker et al. will not be "brushed off." He says if Bush doesn't turn around the Baker people will start up the impeachment process. Do you agree with Mike on this? To read the whole article click on the first line link. --Linda

Only 4% of the American people want to pursue a "stay the course" strategy, but Bush doesn’t care. He’s surrounded himself with militarists and neocons who only reiterate the same crackpot theory that was first put forward in a policy paper (written by neocons) for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; "A Clean Break: a New Strategy for Securing the Realm". The plan is nothing but a madcap prescription for transforming the entire Middle into a balkanized hodge-podge of warring factions, armed militias and Islamic extremists killing each other well into the next millennia.

The pro-Israel hawks in Bush’s entourage love the idea, but the "sane" elders in the political establishment (like Baker) know that its sheer lunacy.

Who, in their "right mind", would deliberately topple regimes and destabilize an entire region believing that they would eventually come out on top of the heap.

The plan is little more than the fanciful musings of a high-school sophomore.

Still, according to an article in yesterday’s New York Times, Bush is still following the same suicidal scheme. It says, "The Bush administration is working to form a coalition of Sunni Arab nations and a moderate Shiite government in Iraq, along with the US and Europe, to stand against 'Iran, Syria and the terrorists,’ another senior administration official said Tuesday." (Helene Cooper, NY Times)

"Stand against Iran, Syria and the terrorists"?

This isn’t the Baker plan, or the Congress’ plan, or the plan the American people demanded in the midterm elections. Those have all been tossed on the scrap-heap. This is the neocon plan; "A Clean Break"; articulated almost word for word from the original document.

Found on Uruknet.info.