Australia hates Bush's America

From time to time, Australia makes the news in the United States. The President of the United States isn't liked there, isn't welcome there, and has been called a criminal there.

And, Australia is one of our allies in the glory ridden war on terror.

For details on how some Australians see Bush, see this link to the Australian, owned by Robert Murdock who also owns Fox Cable News.

The Prime Minister's support for the war provided "political cover" to Mr Bush's "dangerous political agenda", said Matt Howard.

His message on behalf of the Iraq Veterans Against the War was timed to coincide with the arrival in Sydney of Mr Bush for the APEC summit.

Tactically, Australia's 900-strong military contribution in Iraq was so small it made no difference compared with the 160,000 US troops there, but politically it was indispensable for the Bush White House, Matt Howard said.

"Mr Bush should be tried for crimes against humanity over the killing of the tens of thousands of Iraqi men, women and children who were victims of the war, Mr Howard said.

Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the Government was "entirely comfortable" with Britain's decision to withdraw its troops from their base in the southern city of Basra and redeploy them in the nearby airport."

George W. Bush, Master of Goats

The Master of Goats, scapegoats, George W. Bush has abused his office and the people under him.

Gonzales took the fall for the illegal firings at the Justice Dept.

Rumsfeld took the fall for WMD and al-qaeda links to Saddam.

Libby took the fall for leaking secrets about the CIA's Valerie Plame.

Tenet took the fall for the early failures in Iraq and not catching bin Laden.

Bremer took the blame for firing all Iraqi police and disbanding the Iraqi Army.

The truth of these events is slowly leaking out.

For the story on how deeply Bush was personally involved in disbanding the Iraqi Army, open this link to the NYT story on the communications from Bremer to Bush. [Registration is required at the Times.]

What did Bush think of the plan before Bremer acted? "You have my full support and confidence.”

Ann Coulter, Newt Gingrich, and Tom Winter

I signed up for a news letter from a "Human Events," an online conservative thing of some sort. I just wanted to know what sort of a news letter had been 'leading the conservative movement since 1945."

Since signing up, Ann Coulter has revealed the ugle truth about the founder of Islam to me 38 times. The first time might have been revealing. Now it's way past being redundant.

Tom Winter is teaching me that the Bible is not as violent as the Koran. Apparently, it's just the actual history of Christians that refuses to turn the other cheek.

Newt Gingrich has been thanking me, over and over, for reading him. I don't read him at all.

Human Events has printed one story with the exciting title, "This story is completely factual!" I thought all stories in Human Events were completely factual. Now, I'm waiting for the disclaimer, No facts were harmed in the making of this issue.

Too many Dems take issue with the communication skills of the GOP. Yes, the GOP really gets the word out. I've gotten the word hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of times. But, the word has no real content. Slogans abound but content escapes these prolific writers like Ann, Newt, and Tom.

"The Dems have no plan."
"The Koran is more violent than the Bible!"
"Thank you for being a faithful reader."
"I'm for Law and Order!"
"Islam vs. Christianity!"

Now that I'm well versed in GOP prose and posing, I've canceled my subscription to ' the most important newsletter you will ever read!'

I'm not waiting for the movie to come out, either.

Real human events do not come in movies, newsletters, or emails.

Army kills medical research designed to save lives!

Over 320 soldiers volunteered to be in a medical study hailed by the CDC as "one of the best organized [conceptually and operationally] that I have been privileged to collaborate on," the CDC's Dr. William Reeves wrote this summer to Gonzalez's commanders."

The idea drew support from top scientists and won $250,000 in an Army research competition.

But, the study has been KILLED. The information gathered has be destroyed. The author, a colonel with a Bronze Star and a combat surgeon, is under arrest. His office space taken away and converted into a break room.

The study was examining the debilitating impact of stress on recruits. About one out of five recruits fail to complete basic training. The study would have covered that failure, chronic fatigue, Gulf War syndrone, and Post Tramatic Stress Disorder.

Why has the Army stopped the research... into things that hurt the military, it's soldiers, and civilians? It's not like the researchers waterboarded human beings.

Story from the AJC

No planning for Iraq

Old news from new sources.

British Generals, now that the UK has abandoned Basra, are telling the harsh truths about the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

The U.S. invaded Iraq without any plans for a post-invasion Iraq.

I've heard this truth in many forms from many sources. The latest sources are the highest ranking U.K. generals involved prior to the March 2003 invasion.

From Reuters

"He [Rumsfeld] didn't want to hear that message. The U.S. had already convinced themselves that Iraq would emerge reasonably quickly as a stable democracy," Cross told the Sunday Mirror.

"Anybody who tried to tell them anything that challenged that idea -- they simply shut it out," Cross, the most senior British officer involved in planning post-war Iraq, added.

His comments echoed those of General Mike Jackson, head of the British army during the invasion, who was quoted by The Daily Telegraph on Saturday as describing Rumsfeld's approach as "intellectually bankrupt."

He might have added morally bankrupt.

More details from the Australian

Major General Tim Cross, the top British officer involved in post-war Iraq planning, said he raised serious concerns with then US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that the country could descend into chaos.

But Mr Rumsfeld "ignored" or "dismissed" his warnings, he told the Sunday Mirror newspaper.

In 2003, General Cross was the deputy head of the coalition's Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance.

"Right from the very beginning, we were all very concerned about the lack of detail that had gone into the post-war plan - and there is no doubt that Rumsfeld was at the heart of that process," he said.

If Rumsfeld was the heart of it all, who was the soul?