Vice President Cheney was recently in Yokuska, Japan, home to the U.S. Seventh Fleet. With Vietnam in the background he argued that Americans should stay the course in Iraq until they are able"to leave with honor."
According to Claudia Plimsole, Professor of International Relations, Cardiff University, England, "the Vice President has never met a war (that he didn't fight in) that he didn't like. He either has a great sense of humor or none whatsoever, standing in the shadow of Vietnam where he didn't serve with or without honor arguing American sons and daughters should continue to shed their blood in a war that Bush and Cheney invented and lied about for the last four years. These guys cooked the books."
Dr. Plimsole continues: "Remember Cheney is the guy who got six academic deferments during Vietnam for the best reason in the world--he had other priorities. In the Alice-in- Wonderland world of American politics Kerry got hammered because he served honorably and was awarded a chestful of medals. Dan Rather got fired from CBS because he told the truth about Bush fiddling with National Guard paperwork so he could work in a political campaign in Texas."
Professor Plimsole suggests that if patritotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel, "America is the zoo where these animals are kept. People have said for the last ten years that the declining intelligence of the British public and the god-awful horse-face looks of the young indicate that Mad Cow disease has finally found a home in the British psyche and brain. I don't argue with that point. As a matter-of-face my face seems to be getting a little long these days and I'm afraid to look at my wife."
"But I would just as strongly argue that enough bad beef has found it's way into the states to seriously impact the thinking and judgment of the American crowd. How else do you explain electing Bush twice? How else do you explain a public and something called a Congress are still weak like new-born lambs who willing plead for the slaughter barn? You have an instrument called impeachment that you can use to chase these scoundrels out of the white house. We're stuck with Blair for another year but you can give your political luminaries the bum's rush.
"If you can't find the courage to get rid of aging white males who will readily send your children into an illegal, immoral and unjust war--and lie to your face, then at least stuff yourself with good British beef washed down with pints of Guinness. The latter has only 125 calories, which is a lot, I know, as you are now obliged to count on your fingers."
"Just don't look in the mirror."