Using That 9-11 Prop Again

Just when you thought the Bush administration could not get any lower, they once again prove they have no shame and at best a shaky grip of what right and wrong is. The report on the troop surge may be on September 11. Which means General Petraeus will come before Congress to give a report on how the surge has gone with the symbolic day of September 11th hanging over the background. Instead of dealing with the war in Iraq in a straightforward and logical manner the Bush administration will once again be pushing the same tired emotional 9-11 button. By doing this they are saying it doesn’t really matter what the general says to congress that the real message is we can not leave Iraq and to do so will mean have not learned the lesson of 9-11. It is hard to be shocked by anything these people do any more, but it once again shows the depths the Bush people will go to distract, stall, or avoid talking about Iraq or anything else they do not want to talk about in a serious manner. It indicates that the whole thing is just a big political game, and that it’s not about the planning or execution of the war but how you sell it to the American people. Several administration figures have talked about the Iraq War in terms of message and that failures have come from not selling it properly to the people. So now we have the latest attempt to sell this war and put into their context. Yes we will have General Petraeus talk to Congress but we throw in this not subtle reminder of what it is really about just in case the people did not catch all the other references and reminders to 9-11.