tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085092.post116524628763796015..comments2023-10-30T08:28:53.519-07:00Comments on The Bush Diaries: Iraq: The Rumsfeld MemoPeter Clothierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085092.post-1165346994297357482006-12-05T11:29:00.000-08:002006-12-05T11:29:00.000-08:00Seeing BushA crown, a royal tipof a giant bergfloa...Seeing Bush<BR/><BR/>A crown, a royal tip<BR/>of a giant berg<BR/>floating around<BR/>aimlessly, sinking ships<BR/>The footage reveals<BR/>to one, astonished and amazed<BR/>"That's the face of a dictator"!<BR/>Close-up in scrutiny <BR/>a face not only revolting<BR/>but of frightening proportion<BR/>Were he a Soviet<BR/>he would be Stalin! <BR/>But an inept Stalin<BR/>an incapable Stalin<BR/>a negative clone<BR/>Parse the details <BR/>and countenance alone<BR/>and see<BR/>a pinched shape of hardened feelings<BR/>frozen into creases <BR/>of clues<BR/>to emotional neglect<BR/>by self and others<BR/>By the father<BR/>Starved of self importance <BR/>esteem, self reliance, self worth. <BR/>the glancing around<BR/>unavoidable to the camera<BR/>of mean looks in a down home coat<BR/>ex-alcoholic, a manly cheerleader<BR/>frustrated in aims<BR/>of domination.<BR/>A countenance which wants to run away<BR/>But can't. Won't<BR/>A floater. A drifter<BR/>with the determination<BR/>which lands one in a bad spot.<BR/>a contentious contender<BR/>a doer who cannot<BR/>All covered in superficial splendor<BR/>by bluster<BR/>Naked of clothes<BR/>this horrifying aspect<BR/>of puffed up self-importance<BR/>and self illusion<BR/>unforgivably conscious<BR/>swaggering before foes<BR/>Self-invention with feet of crows<BR/>styled on bits and pieces<BR/>of other not-so-greats<BR/>from the not-so-great past<BR/>All the right moves<BR/>but a face which moves<BR/>like a chimpanzee's<BR/>monkey see, monkey do<BR/>and a mind of equal<BR/>simplicity<BR/>a child of three<BR/>in a mask of honor and integrity<BR/>a mask of shame<BR/>a mask of death<BR/>From the very root of insecurity itself<BR/>Simplicimuss<BR/>determined to surmount the awareness <BR/>of its own pitiful weakness<BR/>and lack of strength<BR/>a void, a question mark<BR/>Behind steely eyes of The Weak<BR/>insufficient brain cells<BR/>in failure to connect<BR/>and make the connections<BR/>so vital to soaring<BR/>A face connected to boring<BR/>its boots in concrete<BR/>topped by this godless skull<BR/>God have mercy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085092.post-1165289236562932042006-12-04T19:27:00.000-08:002006-12-04T19:27:00.000-08:00Sounds like a wonderful time was had by all, in a ...Sounds like a wonderful time was had by all, in a great atmosphere. Rummy had to know things were going to hell in a hand basket. If Bush wanted him to stay for his own agenda, that meant Rummy having to follow that agenda. Didn't work for Powell, guess it didn't work for him either... As for Bolton, both he and Bush knew he wouldn't be approved, why stick around and make it a long drawn out affair. The media knew too, and assumed [only supposition], the American people did too, so why bother. Now the other problem is the fool he wants to put in there, that's the more to come... don't think he will be approved, been known to be wrong, but he's not the one. Good post Peter...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085092.post-1165257570706407482006-12-04T10:39:00.000-08:002006-12-04T10:39:00.000-08:00P: "From a practical standpoint, policy and war de...P: "From a practical standpoint, policy and war decisions are made far below the levels of the talking heads who take the heat or the credit for the results". <BR/><BR/>And if the talking heads are the only bulwark against the pressure, the system doesn't work. <BR/><BR/>I like you Rosecovered. I'm wondering if you are mad at the guys like me who refused, and suffered, to go to Vietnam, just because by the age of seventeen, we knew some history of the military and had a sense of what Eisenhower warned us of, DO NOT ALLOW A MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT TO GROW in the US. Yup, the general-president made an important speech of that message.<BR/><BR/>But Americans ignored it. I just hope "Rosecovered's" last two paragraphs are not putting it mildly. We're so optimistic in this country, that we ignore and downplay the realities. I'm thinking the huge mistake in Iraq will cost this country more than it understands. To think...it all began with the winning of WWII.<BR/><BR/>Peter, care to expand? Your take?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com