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NOVEMEBER 22, 2005 - He had the greatest military ever to
exist fighting against an unarmed sandbox, and two-and-a-half years
later he has still not been able to secure victory – in fact, he is
suffering increasing numbers of attacks and causalities? Even
Pyrrhus is rolling in his grave going, “You’ve got to be kiddin’ my
Greek ass.”
In one corner you had Iraq. Iraq had been disarmed by us during and
after the first Gulf War. They had no planes. No navy. We
destroyed most of the rest of their munitions. They were living in
squalor under sanctions for a decade.
In the other corner you had America, the uncontested mightiest power
in the history of mankind, a nation that was famous for winning wars
without losing any troops in combat.
Even Vegas wouldn’t touch this one. It was Mike Tyson vs. a
four-year old in handcuffs.
But somehow, out of the jaws of easy victory, US Commander-in-Chief
George W. Bush has snatched year after year of
American-head-blowing-off, more and more American heads being blown
off each day, from one a day to a couple a day to now American heads
being blown off in fives, sixes, eights.
In this race of Ferrari vs. go-cart, it has turned out to be the
loose nut behind the steering wheel of the Ferrari that has allowed
the go-cart to not only keep pace but to repeatedly ram and bash the
side of the world class sports car. In this battle of wits between
George W. Bush and… wait, the other side doesn’t even have a leader
– we captured their leader and all his top henchmen long ago.
So wait a second, we have the mightiest army in the history of
mankind with George W. Bush at the helm vs. an unarmed sandbox with
no one leading, and Bush can not manage to secure a victory, or even
a slow down in the head-blowing-off of his troops? In fact, more
and more American solider heads and being exploded as time goes on?
This is an impressive feat unlike any other in the history of
warfare. Not since some little upstart colony called… America…
kicked the living crap out of the mightiest nation in existence has
such meakness so bedeviled such greatness.
Come to think of it, there was a George in charge then, too.
But even still, the British forces were nothing like the American
military, a force so dominant it could annihilate all the previous
armies of man, the Romans, British, Greeks, all within a week. The
skills and training of the American troops, the equipment and
technology is nothing like the world has ever imagined.
This should have been a “no contest.” This should have been a
two-week, kiss on the hands, greet with flowers kind of war.
Two and a half years later, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. There go
the American soldier heads. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom,
boom, boom.
And those are just the booms from two days last week.
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