Sunday, October 30, 2005

"Mission"? What "mission"? WHAT FREAKING "MISSION"???


Once again, the neo-con puppeteers wind up robo-moron and send him out to inarticulately regurgitate the talking points:

... The best way to honor the sacrifice of our fallen troops is to complete the mission and win the war on terror. We will train Iraqi security forces and help a newly elected government meet the needs of the Iraqi people. In doing so, we will lay the foundation of peace for our children and grandchildren.

And exactly what "mission" are we talking about here? Was it the mission to rid Iraq of WMDs? I think it's safe to say that's been done, since there were never any in the first place, so that "mission" would seem to be complete, no?

Or was the "mission" regime change? Given that Saddam Hussein is safely behind bars (and has been for a while now), one would think that that "mission" is also complete. So what's left to keep the troops there?

Is the "mission" now to, as Commander Chimpy says, "train Iraqi security forces?" Funny, I don't remember that as one of the original rationales for invading Iraq. I'm not sure how well it would have gone over with the American public to have proclaimed, "We are going to invade Iraq and put your children in harm's way in order to ... uh ... train Iraq's soldiers to be better and more effective fighters." I don't think so.

"Help a newly elected government meet the needs of the Iraqi people?" I'm sure I don't remember that as being part of the rationale either.

So ... what's the mission these days? And what part of it is still unfinished? And which White House Press Corps member will have the sense God gave a urinal deodorizer disc and think to ask this of Scottie and actually press him for an answer?

And why am I not going to hold my breath?

1 comment:

Miss Cellania said...

There are some plausible "missions" that would fit nicely into the scheme of things.. The mission of keeping the public distracted from the missing Osama Bin Laden. The mission of misdirecting blame from the Saudis. The mission of enriching Big Oil and other Bush buddies. The mission of keeping a republican in the white house and a republican majority in congress. The mission of trying to fool at least a slim majority of people.