Jesus Tap Dancing Christ, are the Bushies insane? Juan Cole is reporting a rumor, which I saw mentioned in today's Times, that Paul Wolfowitz, deputy Secretary of Defense, is up for the next ambassador to Iraq.
Granted, Wolfie is only one of several names being discussed, with the others including retired Gen. George A. Joulwan, a former NATO commander; Robert Blackwill, a former ambassador to India who now directs Iraq policy at the White House; and two veteran diplomats, Thomas R. Pickering and Frank G. Wisner.
But Wolfowitz? I mean, _come on._ He's a Likudnik as Prof. Cole snarks, which would do little to ease suspicions among the Iraqis that this whole adventure was to grab Iraq's oil and make the Middle East safe for Ariel Sharon's Israel.
Kevin Drum immediately had two thoughts, namely:
- It serves him right. After all, he's the one who thought we'd be greeted as liberators and that 100,000 troops would be more than enough to mop things up after the war. Since his rosy estimates got us into this, it's only fair to make him put his money where his mouth is.
- Paul Wolfowitz as an ambassador!?! What the hell are they thinking?
Do you suppose Christ is doing a bit of the Ol’ Soft Shoe with Sammy Davis, Jr. in heaven? They are both Jewish, after all.
If I donate money and send you back to Iraq, will you promise to wear a bullseye on your jacket?
:)
Oh, and GEE, you were a journalist… what a SURPRISE that you hold the ridiculous notions that you do! I never woulda GUESSED! LOL
Matt, you know, I actually took the time to come up with a decent response to you, but then I thought, “Fuck it. Why bother? This guy wants me dead because he doesn’t like my blog.”
Whatever, dude.
Sheesh, Matt. What low-life, below-the-belt comments those are.
Chris, don’t ever let those like this Matt person (is he/she really a human being?) get you down or dishearten you to the point that you can’t go after the truth as you have so far. I can only speak for myself, of course, but I’m sure there are many of us out here who appreciate everything you’re doing, even if we don’t always agree on everything you say (though I completely agree that installing/elevating/ennobling/exalting/uprearing Wolfowitz would be a huge step backwards).
Matt, I think there can be disagreement without wishing for someone dead. Comments like yours are not a very encouraging sign of an “enlightened” or “developed” society if a lot of people think/feel like you do. Get a life, please. If you don’t like Chris’s comments, who would you like as ambassador to Iraq, then? And if you do prefer Wolfowitz, what are your reasons why? Coherently, please.
APRIL 1st?
Somehow I don’t see any irony in a Wolfowitz appointment to Iraq. Be sure that Washington intends to install his buddies into Baghdad.
Eventually, SOMEONE, in the Administration is going to have to be shown the door for this fiasco and given Wolfowitz’ uneasy relations with Congress maybe the WH was floating a trial balloon to see if “it would float”
My bet is that the ever loyal W needs to cast Wolfie overboard before the election battle heats up and they’re tring to “find a place for him”
Well, wearing a bullseye wouldn’t ensure your death, it would just increase the chances a bit. :)
Actually, I couldn’t care less what happens to you. You are helping make the case YET AGAIN about what these “objective journalists” in the mainstream media truly are.
By the way, I wonder: how many Che Guevera t-shirts and red flags with hammers and sickles on them do you own? LOL Be honest now!
If I can remember the name of this joke of a web blog, I’ll come back in in November just to gloat. I think at that point, it’s YOU who’s gonna want ME dead! LOL
I just had a chat with someone who is serving in Iraq at the moment. I asked him what he thought of Wolfowitz as an Ambassador. I suggested, that it might be a good idea for him to meet all those Iraqis that will welcome him as a great liberator.
My friend’s reply was: “yes he can come here and help us liberate all the people. In fact I will save him a seat for the 0130 patrol. I’ll say OK see that house, go in there and liberate them from their guns - then come back as fast as you can, ready GO!”
Get off yer lazy fat ass, Matt and join up today, loser.
Fucking coward, let somebody else do the killing and dying for ya, huh?
LOSER!