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http://www.nationalmemo.com/iraq-implodes-neocons-still-plan-except-blame-obama/By Joe Conason
As Iraq Implodes, Neocons Still Have No Plan Except Blame Obama
June 13, 2014 6:00 am
Divided between neoconservative ultra-hawks and libertarian isolationists, todays Republican Party is hardly a steady influence on American foreign policy. But there is one thing that can be reliably expected from every right-wing faction in Washington: Whenever disaster threatens, they eagerly cast blame on Barack Obama and utter any falsehood that may be used to castigate him.
As the failed state of Iraq strains under attack from a jihadist force the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria all the usual suspects are popping up on the Senate floor to denounce the president. Ignoring more than a decade of miserable history in which most of them played ignominious parts, these politicians now claim that if only the president had listened to them, the current disaster would have been averted somehow.
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Americans should try to remember how this happened even if the disgraced figures who promoted the invasion of Iraq will never accept responsibility for squandering trillions of American dollars, thousands of American lives, and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi lives for what could most charitably be called a massive, irreparable blunder. Never mind the nonsense about the weapons of mass destruction which nobody has yet found there, by the way. Absolutely none of the predictions about Iraq by the neocons in and around the Bush administration proved accurate. None of their strategies provided real development or security. And all of their grand schemes for regional stability and democracy simply crumbled.
Instead of serving as a sturdy bulwark against extremism, the Shia-dominated government of Iraq immediately allied itself with the neighboring mullah regime in Iran. The curse of sectarian warfare, famously dismissed by William Kristol as a chimera, has exploded into a continuous catastrophic reality that threatens regional security and may create a fresh haven for terrorism.
It is hard not to wonder why anyone still listens to McCain, Kristol, and company especially on this grave issue. But if they insist on serving up blame, let them step up first to accept their overwhelming share.
spanone
(135,822 posts)randys1
(16,286 posts)MCCAIN IS A WAR MONGERING MORON
SHUT YOUR DANGEROUS AND STUPID MOUTH
marew
(1,588 posts)NM_Birder
(1,591 posts)grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)The GOP convinced them that the sequester and the shutdown were all Obama and the Democrats' fault for 'failing to work with Republicans.' Yes, they say that. WW2 memorial closed down, all the Democrats' fault because they 'don't respect vets.'
They'll bring up the lives lost in Iraq, the wounded, and say that Obama has 'no respect for the lives of those sacrificed to protect America from terrorists.' They will trot out a series of wounded or deceased veterans and their families to rail about how 'Obama doesn't care.'
Don't forget they call him a domestic enemy that they swore to protect the USA from as servicemen. Oh, believe me, I've talked with them, and this is going to play just fine. Rush Limbaugh is still on Armed Forces radio. He's still on the air nationally.
And his band mates are playing the fiddle for those who think being Libertarian is cool and Alex Jones and Adam Kokesh are going to save freedom and liberty.
While Joe Conason is a voice of sanity, MSM is not any such thing. They're going to keep putting Graham, McCain and the rest on the air. And they will not allow any dissenting voices.
If I could find a source that said that McCain was supporting ISIS, I'd post it. This is the Neo-Cons wet dream, a terrorist group sending a large portion of the Middle East on fire. Which also makes the fundies ecstatic, and is their apocalyptic dream coming true.
And when it blows back on the USA and the west, look to have them write up another Patriot Act where being a Democrat is a thought crime. As if they haven't been saying that for years now...
This country is so fucked up that fuckity, fuck-fuck doesn't begin to cover it.
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)They LIKE being perpetually at war.
Their friends make money.
They get to override everyone's civil rights.
They have more excuses to keep secrets.
AND they're going to blame it all on the Democrats.
no one EVER holds those corrupt bastards accountable