Unintended Acceleration
Senator Chuck Hagel (R. Neb) was on Charlie Rose tonight. It was chilling. Earlier in the day I'd seen Zbigniew Brzezinski talking about the subtext of possible designs on Syria and Iran in the President's Wednesday speech.
But then Hagel came right out and said that he was concerned that this surge, which he termed a 'dangerous acceleration,' could easily lead us into a Cambodia-like situation where we have to attack neighboring states to protect our troops.
Now it makes sense why Bush appointed a Navy Admiral to be the new Central Commander -- he has plenty of experience directing carrier strike groups making bombing runs and other carrier-based and navy artillery based attacks on 'threats.'
It is not hard to understand why Sen. Hagel warned today that this could be 'the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam, if it's carried out.' We may really be about to have a multi-nation regional war on our hands.
American citizens may need to brace for a major acceleration into nations 3 and 4 in the war on terror. (5 if you include the recent action in Somalia). I'm pretty damn sure that the many folks who turned out at the polls this past November never thought we'd get this kind of acceleration less than two months later.
Is this President nuts? Terribly blind? Horribly advised by those around him? I do wonder if our elected officials, Hagel included, can stop him. And will a fed up and rightfully angry (and sometimes frightened) citizenry mobilize to oppose this?
Again with the Hagel quoting, but part of the danger he was suggesting tonight is the much deeper, Viet Nam-esque divisions that will soon appear here at home. He specifically said on Charlie's show that within two months of this plan going forward, there will be massive anti-war demonstrations happening in cities across the country.
In pipe-dream-land, maybe those demos will not be needed. But in reality-land, those demos better not take two months to get going!
Yikes there's stuff for us to be doing.
peace.
But then Hagel came right out and said that he was concerned that this surge, which he termed a 'dangerous acceleration,' could easily lead us into a Cambodia-like situation where we have to attack neighboring states to protect our troops.
Now it makes sense why Bush appointed a Navy Admiral to be the new Central Commander -- he has plenty of experience directing carrier strike groups making bombing runs and other carrier-based and navy artillery based attacks on 'threats.'
It is not hard to understand why Sen. Hagel warned today that this could be 'the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam, if it's carried out.' We may really be about to have a multi-nation regional war on our hands.
American citizens may need to brace for a major acceleration into nations 3 and 4 in the war on terror. (5 if you include the recent action in Somalia). I'm pretty damn sure that the many folks who turned out at the polls this past November never thought we'd get this kind of acceleration less than two months later.
Is this President nuts? Terribly blind? Horribly advised by those around him? I do wonder if our elected officials, Hagel included, can stop him. And will a fed up and rightfully angry (and sometimes frightened) citizenry mobilize to oppose this?
Again with the Hagel quoting, but part of the danger he was suggesting tonight is the much deeper, Viet Nam-esque divisions that will soon appear here at home. He specifically said on Charlie's show that within two months of this plan going forward, there will be massive anti-war demonstrations happening in cities across the country.
In pipe-dream-land, maybe those demos will not be needed. But in reality-land, those demos better not take two months to get going!
Yikes there's stuff for us to be doing.
peace.
posted by Snowman at 11:39 PM
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