Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Ignorance is Bliss Bush began his speech today in Idaho by praising local dignitaries like Senator Mike Crapo, then he fed us more of the same old Crapola about Iraq ("We're fighting the terrorists over there so we don't have to fight them here," "Iraq is the central front in the war on terror," "When Iraqis stand up, Americans will stand down," etc.)  This was followed by an NPR story on the expansion of Fort Bliss, while many other US military bases are being closed. With all the base closures and Pentagon realignment, one of the few places to gain is Fort Bliss in Texas. The story opened with a description of soldiers at Fort Bliss jogging before dawn.  They won't be doing much of that in the streets of Iraq. 12:23:44 PM