Iran: Can't We Talk to the Bastards. . .

Instead of bombing them?

The Hitler in our White House is privately calling Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Iran's hard-liner, "the new Hitler." This according to Seymour Hersh, who has written a series of articles on Bush's conduct in Iraq and the Bush/Cheney plans for broadening conflict to Iran.

Bush himself, in a speech to the 89th Annual National Convention of the American Legion in Reno, Nevada, Tuesday, August 28, 2007, says:

. . . . Iran's actions threaten the security of nations everywhere. And that is why the United States is rallying friends and allies around the world to isolate the regime, to impose economic sanctions. We will confront this danger before it is too late. (Applause.)

I want our fellow citizens to consider what would happen if these forces of radicalism and extremism are allowed to drive us out of the Middle East. The region would be dramatically transformed in a way that could imperil the civilized world. Extremists of all strains would be emboldened by the knowledge that they forced America to retreat. Terrorists could have more safe havens to conduct attacks on Americans and our friends and allies. Iran could conclude that we were weak -- and could not stop them from gaining nuclear weapons. And once Iran had nuclear weapons, it would set off a nuclear arms race in the region.

Extremists would control a key part of the world's energy supply, could blackmail and sabotage the global economy. They could use billions of dollars of oil revenues to buy weapons and pursue their deadly ambitions. Our allies in the region would be under greater siege by the enemies of freedom. Early movements toward democracy in the region would be violently reversed. This scenario would be a disaster for the people of the Middle East, a danger to our friends and allies, and a direct threat to American peace and security. This is what the extremists plan. For the sake of our own security, we'll pursue our enemies, we'll persevere and we will prevail. (Applause.)

In the short-term, we're using all elements of American power to protect the American people by taking the fight to the enemy. Our troops are carrying out operations day by day to bring the terrorists to justice. We're keeping the pressure on them. We're forcing them to move. Our law enforcement and intelligence professionals are working to cut off terrorist financing and disrupt their networks. Our diplomats are rallying our friends and allies throughout the region to share intelligence and to tighten security and to rout out the extremists hiding in their midst. Every day we work to protect the American people. Our strategy is this: We will fight them over there so we do not have to face them in the United States of America. (Applause.)

. . . . Some say Iran's leaders are not aware of what members of their own regime are doing. Others say Iran's leaders are actively seeking to provoke the West. Either way, they cannot escape responsibility for aiding attacks against coalition forces and the murder of innocent Iraqis. The Iranian regime must halt these actions. And until it does, I will take actions necessary to protect our troops. I have authorized our military commanders in Iraq to confront Tehran's murderous activities. (Applause.) . . .

Bush says he is rallying "friends and allies around the world."

What friends and allies do we have left in the world after six years of Bush's cowboy sixshooter diplomacy?

Also, he has "authorized our military commanders in Iraq to confront Tehran's murderous activities."

What military do these commanders have left to command? Our military has been torn to shreds by Bush's foolhardy conduct in warfare. The combined efforts of the fools Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld has reduced our military to a ragged band of still valiant fighters, but these valiant warriors have never gotten the support they needed to prosecute a decent war in terms of numbers of personnel, appropriate tools and support and the complete lack of recognition that our dead and wounded deserve when they return from the war zone.

We keep the returning flag-draped coffins carefully hidden from the media and the American public as if these coffins are a badge of shame. This is according to the dictates of Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld because they well known that if there is any shame in those coffins it only belongs to Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld who sent these young warriors into a quagmire where they were denied everything that a true leader of warriors would extend to his army.

But, Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld never have been warriors, have always done all that they could to avoid service in combat, and they know nothing of true warfare. They are the cowards, the niggardly cringing cowards who have always had others to go to combat in their place.

But, at the same time, they strut around as if they are warriors instead of cowards, make vain boasts about using warfare instead of diplomacy.

I cannot tell you how much I hate these cowering, quivering, quailing, despicably pitiful specimens of manhood, Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld, words simply fail me.