The War Party's Fucked

Jim Farmelant farmelantj at juno.com
Wed Mar 5 13:57:05 PST 2003


On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 13:48:38 -0800 (PST) mike larkin <mike_larkin2001 at yahoo.com> writes:
> At the shop where i work, i foolishly bet everyone a
> few weeks ago that there would be no war. So now I
> seize on every piece by Wanniski, etc. arguing same.
> But today was the first day I actually thought it
> might be true.
>
> I read on a blog somewhere that retired Gen. Anthony
> Zinni (who's against war) has been sent by Powell to
> negotiate "secretly" with Saddam's people in Athens.
> Probably not true, but who knows? Maybe Saddam will
> agree to free elections and permanent inspectors
> (sending Bush's ratings to 99%). Stranger things have
> happened.
>
> Since God is a Republican, as I always say, he'll
> figure out a way to save George on this one.

Well, there is no reason why Bush, if he was so inclined, couldn't now declare victory. After all, he can say that he has gotten Saddam to disarm, and he can claim to have made great progress in the "war on terrorism."

Jim F.


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