Bush Uses "Strategery" Against Iraq, the U.N. and the Democrats

Imal's Vanity Press | January 10, 2003 | Imal

[Imal]

"Strategery", anyone?

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[Imal]

You may be completely right, but I think you're wrong.

We'll both know who is right soon enough.

[sanjacjake]

You sound like a Boozer yourself....if few beers makes
anyone untrustworthy then the nation has been in big
trouble since prohibition..you sir..are a $%%^#@ idiot.
Stick that where the sun don't shine. Jake the great.

[FreeCanuckistan]

Good post and well said. With you all the way on this....Prez Bush will be honored by history.

[swarthyguy]

>>Why haven't the inspectors found anything?
A Because there isn't anything to find.

Because they ignore military facilities, urban hospitals, residences, palaces, underground bunkers.

[FreeCanuckistan]

Well some people trusted an adulterous serial-rapist....didn't they?

In fact...they still do.

[Imal]

I hope my presumptuous post doesn't become a magnet for trolls or ad hominem attacks. Let's discuss the merits, or lack thereof, of my thesis.

GoodOleBoy321: I am a devoted fan of Occam's Razor, and use it instinctively. Bear in mind that it is only as accurate as the information at hand. Applied against false or incomplete data, it is quite fallible. Its true value is in deconstructing elaborate and unsubstantiated theories. Perhaps my "strategery theory" is just such a ponderous contraption, but recent events seem to bear it out.

sanjacjake: Disagreement, in whatever form it may take, is not grounds for launching personal insults. Please address your criticisms to the posts, not the posters. ;^)

[Mike Darancette]

Good Vanity BUMP

[Stirner]

Your speculations could be accurate. I hope that they are. But I have my doubts that things are tied up so neatly. Bush could be way above average as a strategerist and still there will be lapses and dropped balls. I hope we have solid evidence of Sadaam's weapons violations, but we might not. If it were a tremendous bluff on Bush's part, proceeding on the logic that says Sadaam is hiding things without the data to nail it, I'd perhaps admire him even more than if he had "proof positive" in his back pocket.

[spokeshave]

Occams Razor is a two edged sword....as one who knows....spokeshave the blade

[Only1choice____Freedom]

Occam's Razor says the simplest answer is most likley.
That does not apply to politics in wartime, only random behavior of mindless matter.

If you think it does, I'll bet you still think Bill Gates is going to send you money for sending out all those e-mails.

Simple asnwers don't apply to people who are attempting to be deceptive. "18. All warfare is based on deception." - SunTzu, The Art of War.

Dubya's actions are not random.

Just because you don't understand them, doesn't mean they are random.

[Cboldt]

Nice read - don't make it your last vanity post!

[Dog]

Never trust what a DU troll posts..

[mombonn]

I am fairly convinced that the Bush administration is in possession of some very hard evidence that Iraq not only has weapons of mass destruction . . .

I heard Tony Snow on Hannity this afternoon. He said that indeed Bush DOES have proof positive of a "smoking gun", and will use it at the appropriate time. He said that much is being held back to protect those providing the information, because as soon as it is made known, they are as good as dead.

There was a tone in his voice that made me believe he trusts his source of information.

Very thoughtful vanity, BTW. Thanks.

[SoDak]

After reading lately from different sources that there's a possibility Hussein would be talked into exile in Algeria along with his sons, I began to realize that if this happens, Dubya would accomplish what neither his father nor Billie Jeff could, will do it perhaps without sacrificing one American life, and in essence will stick it to the whole left wing of this country in the process. That's not to say it'll happen, probably won't, but it could. Underestimating the team in the Whitehouse or Dubya isn't wise.

[Drewman626]

I completely agree with you. So far, I have seen two very obvious instances of "strategery". One - He claims he's going to form a coallition to force Iraq to disarm. The Dem's cry foul saying he needs to go to the UN... it's a political move, why can't it wait until after the election, etc etc etc. The Dem's take position AGAINST military involvement. The Dem's figure the best way to make it a non-election issue is to get it over with and pass thier bill. They do... begrudgingly. He quickly changes topics to Homeland Security and runs the election on that. Cha-ching.

Now Bush say's he'll go to the UN... touche'. He calls for the UN to pass a new Resolution calling for consequences if Iraq doesn't abide. The UN must pass "something" now to address the news. The US quietly tells the UN that if they propose a Resolution without the consequences clause, the US will veto it. Smart move. The UN passes the resolution 19-0 and the country wonders how the Dem's could vote against it, but it passed the UN, the very body they called on Bush to get support from, 19-0. Smart move number two.

Even before 911, I remember realizing that Bush was beating the Dem's at their own game. Every week... EVERY SINGLE WEEK, Bush was in the news again saying he's going to do this or propose this or whatever... he changed the subject literally every few days. THe Dem's can't catch up. They can't get their Talking Points memos out fast enough before it's yesterday's news. They can't combat the issue because there's a new issue to talk about. It was great!

I give a lot of credit to Rove. Now there's been two hyped up exposes' of the Bush White House. Anyone and everyone is saying that this man loves to be underrated. I and have to say... anyone in power who is not only content with being underrated by the vast majority, but also using it to his advantage, has to have a whole lot of confidence.

I commend this guy. I do think he'll go down as one of the better Presidencies of the modern era.

[dighton]

He blowed up REAL good!

(Nice post, Imal).

[Dog]

Notched me up another one!

Troll hunting the next contact sport....:-)