First, the quote, courtesy of the Boston Herald and the Associated Press:Condoleezza Rice branded anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr a coward yesterday, hours after the radical leader threatened to declare war unless U.S. and Iraqi forces end a military crackdown on his followers.Sadr is a thug and a murderer, as power-crazed as anyone...which begs the question.The U.S. secretary of state, on a surprise visit to tout security gains and what she calls an emerging political consensus, said al-Sadr is content to issue threats from the safety of Iran, where he is studying.
“I know he’s sitting in Iran,” Rice said dismissively when asked about al-Sadr’s latest threat to lift a self-imposed cease-fire with government and U.S. forces. “I guess it’s all-out war for anybody but him,” Rice said. “I guess that’s the message; his followers can go to their deaths and he’s in Iran.”
What of George W. Bush, who: avoided service in Vietnam, in fact avoided even completing his Air National Guard Service; who landed on the U.S. Abraham Lincoln five years ago in fighter pilot costume to declared "Mission Accomplished"; who said "Bring it on"; who has presided over what is likely the greatest foreign policy disaster in our lifetimes, sacrificing over 4000 U.S. military personnel while he made jokes about weapons of mass destruction? This guy is a hero to 30% of the remaining right-wing dead-enders while he loiters in Washington or out in the weeds in Texas?
And Condi continues to serve him and praise him, without a hint of irony or shame.
Too bad she won't run accept McCain's over of the VP slot. Then we could have a full review of her "contribution" to the decline of America.
Of course, our intrepid mainstream media would do a thorough examination, right?
