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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Do you really believe that - aside from hand-wringing lawyers like us - that anyone in the US, after reading that point above, taken together with another civilian beheading [see news], is going to give a flying fuck?
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What 3Greedy said. But I also don't think that this juxtaposition of contempt for the law and incompetence is coincidental.
eta: And another thing -- people in the US are smart enough to see that we invaded Iraq, and yet Al Qaeda is still beheading US citizens in other countries. What did the invasion have to do with fighting Al Qaeda? Not fucking much.* If everything turns up roses and the Middle East democratizes itself suddenly, then maybe that $200 billion won't have been a waste, but right now it's looking to most of us like the admininistration mislead people to waste a collosal amount of money and too many human lives on a misguided effort that hasn't made us any safer. People do give a flying fuck about that.
* Which is the real answer to the smoke Cheney is blowing. Knowing what we do now, does anyone think the "connections" between Iraq and Al Qaeda made an invasion of the former the right move. Unequivocally, no. It's all an exercise in CYA.
e again ta: From Ruy Texeira's blog: "According to [a recent] LAT poll, Bush's approval rating on Iraq is just 44 percent, with 55 percent disapproval. By 53-43, the public now believes the situation in Iraq was not worth going to war over. And by 61-35, they believe the US is getting bogged down in Iraq, rather than making good progress. Finally, just 35 percent believe Bush has offered a clear plan on how he would handle the Iraq situation, compared to 44 percent who believe he has not."
