Brandon, of course, is pretty funny. In that chickenhawk-way. Being a KISS groupie is probably much easier than signing up for actual military service.

Is that why you left Wizbang in favor of this echo chamber?

What’s interesting about our current situation is that Bush, very early on, made it all about Osama Bin Laden. Then, when catching him proved difficult, his administration learned their lesson and shifted gears to emphasize the wider “war on terror.” What’s so ridiculous is they turned around and did the same thing with Hussein. Invading Iraq was all about regime change which meant only one thing in the rhetoric leading up the war: Sadaam Hussein was the key to everything. Catch Hussein and Iraqis would greet us with rose petals. Once again, the administration has had to learn the hard way that their own rhetoric is their worst enemy when it comes to American support for their endeavors. And they look like idiots having to change their tone to meet reality.

Jay Tea is an idiot and even in making a good point he does it to carry water for Bush as if the administration was always keeping the public’s eyes focussed on the big picture. Particularly in the case of Iraq, this administration engaged in its own cult of personality, propping up Hussein to sell it’s war. Then when it all went to shit they started back peddling. Ultimately, it all comes back to this administrations inability or unwillingness to ask average Americans to sacrifice their own blood and treasure to fight a long, difficult and highly complex conflict. The Bush administration needs its individualized bad guys to sell it’s fucked up, unrealistic policies.

Dugger

What a world!

Do you really believe that if bin Laden was caught or killed tomorrow that terrorism would stop?

No, but justice for the 3,000 killed on 9-11 would be a good start.

Instead of starting elective wars that serve as a recruiting tool for extremists, we could show that engaging in attacks on the U.S. leads to swift, certain consequences.

Right after 9-11, we heard all about it from the President and his supporters: dead or alive, smoke ‘em out, the people who knocked down these buildings will hear from us. Blah, blah, blah. We’ve heard all about how the Clinton administration didn’t do enough before the attack to stop bin Laden while the Bush administration has done nothing at all after.

If you seriously think that bin Laden is no longer a threat to U.Sl interests, nudnik, you’re the one who has no idea what’s going on.

It’s like if you were in the construction industry and you lost your boss’ air nailer. Then you say to him, “It’s not about the nail gun! We need to find the nails! Screw the $500 nail gun, we need to dig around in the dirt looking for the cheap nails!”

To say bin Laden is important, then later say he’s not important just because we can’t find him is reprehensible.

They’re still playing Darryl Worley’s 2003 war justification on the country radio stations up here in Montana. Every time I hear it, it sounds more and more like he’s singing to the Bush Administration and its apologists, not the strawman war opponents Worley originally targeted.

I’m confused.