Even Armey says so

Via the Washington Post:

“Did Dick Cheney. . . purposely tell me things he knew to be untrue?..I seriously feel that may be the case. . . Had I known or believed then what I believe now, I would have publicly opposed [the war] resolution right to the bitter end, and I believe I might have stopped it from happening.”

That folks, is a quote from Dick Armey as taken from Barton Gellman's book Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency.

Yep, Dick Armey is now calling out the Dark Lord himself.

Comments welcome,

Pat McGovern

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Saakashvili Does Sign

I am baffled by the fact that regardless of when I decide to resume making post on current events, the events of the day inevitably draw me to post multiple times, and incessantly, on one given topic.

This occured last year with the Walter Reed scandal and the original Wandering Donkey. Sad to say, I have lost those posts. You may be able to ressurect them on archive.org but I don't have time to.

Now onward to the fact that I am posting at least once a day on the Georgia-Russia crisis. (You may indeed read into the order of the nations in my title.)

In my previous post I asked why Mikhail Saakashvili might be expected to sign a peace agreement with the terms outlined. I responded with, what I thought, to be a well reasoned argument that he should not.

However, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has done exactly that.



The fact that the Georgians have signed a Cease Fire agreement is somewhat significant.

First, I give a number of reasons why this should NOT have been done on my previous post.

Second, and a point I did not consider earlier, is that Russia has not yet agreed to these conditions! WTF was French President Nicolas Sarkozy doing in Moscow? Apparently he was putting together a peace deal that was up to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice to shove down the throats of the combatants. I personally thought the Russian side was covered. I guess this was wrong. (I hope you enjoyed your visit to the Kremlin, Nick. I'd love to get such a deal!)

Apparently, the Russians now have to sign this. This is not a big thing if it gives what was told before. This would include the ability of Russian troops to move into proper Georgian territory if it's citizens, troops or integrity were threatened.

Hell, I'd be all over signing that. I don't necessarily think that is the same thing they thought they would be signing two days ago though.

I have a feeling that some sort of switch has taken place.

Time, and the various news agencies will tell.

In the meantime, given the past knowns and rhetoric, Mikhail Saakashvili made a mistake today.

Given that he went to Columbia; I think there is a different interpretation that will come to light.

Russia, cannot win this, despite their overconfident attitude. They lose. The west and Georgia win. Does Medvedev lose credibility? Absolutely! Does it mean change? Probably not.

Comments welcome,

Pat McGovern

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5th Anniversary of "Mission Accomplished"

In the second of what may be a number of post by me on this subject we grieve for the fifth anniversary of the speech, then alledgedly, President George W. Bush made under the "Mission Accomplished" banner on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003.



I actually am finding the lack of coverage on this thus far today rather amazing. Perhaps the press is tired of bashing Bush. That is a pastime that I will force myself to do, even if I ever tire, because the man thoroughly deserves it.

The Duluth News Tribune puts it in perspective:

If only it had really been the end of the war, or truly of major operations, U.S. military casualties would have stood at 139 dead and 524 wounded, according to the independent Iraq Coalition Casualty Count. Today, Americans have suffered the staggering loss of 4,051 killed and 29,780 wounded.

In case you too had been desensitized, that one paragraph should be a wake up call. Perhaps I will have more on this as the day goes on. Or maybe enough has already been said.

Comments welcome,

Pat McGovern

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