Pentagon appoints deeply clueless right wing fundamentalist to find bin Laden

The Pentagon has assigned the task of tracking down and eliminating Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and other high-profile targets to an Army general who sees the war on terrorism as a clash between Judeo-Christian values and Satan.
 
Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin said ‘radical Islamists hated the United States “because we’re a Christian nation, because our foundation and our roots are Judeo-Christian and the enemy is a guy named Satan.” ‘

I’m just stupefied by this. His juvenile cartoonish view of the world would be comical if the results of it weren’t going to be so tragic. His blundering words guarantee increasing unrest in the Mideast, which will mean more dead US troops. Plus those opposing us will use his incendiary comments as an organizing tool to gain more supporters — while they howl in laughter at us for being so stupid.   

The general elucidates a sophisticated theological point.

Discussing the battle against a Muslim warlord in Somalia, Boykin told another audience, “I knew my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol.”

Jesus stole the 2000 election for Dubya!

In June, Boykin said of President Bush: “He’s in the White House because God put him there.”

To state the obvious

Boykin’s appointment “is a frightening blunder at a time that there is widespread acknowledgment that America’s position in the Islamic world has never been worse.”

Plus, anyone who is looking for Satan as the real enemy, I’m guessing, isn’t going to be real effective in finding actual enemies. The mere fact that he was appointed to do this speaks volumes about the extreme right wing fundamentalist culture of the White House.

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When you demand the very best

In their favorable coverage last night of ANSWER LA bringing 30 people to support grocery strikers, Channel 7 News referred to ANSWER LA as “professional protestors” — which of course has us beaming with pride.

I think we should put it on the office door. “ANSWER Coalition Los Angeles. Professional Protestors”.

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The only thing that matters is who counts the votes

A former worker in Diebold’s Georgia warehouse says the company installed patches on its machines before the state’s 2002 gubernatorial election that were never certified by independent testing authorities or cleared with Georgia election officials.

And what did these code patches do? Inquiring minds want to know. (Code patches are changes and upgrades to existing software).

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Iraq war swells Al Qaeda’s ranks, report says

War in Iraq has swollen the ranks of al Qaeda and galvanized the Islamic militant group’s will, the International Institute for Strategic Studies said on Wednesday in its annual report.

Whew, now that’s a shocker. You mean if you invade countries for bogus reasons, destroy their infrastructure, install puppet governments, that forces may rise in opposition against you? Who woulda thunk it??

The 2003-2004 edition of the British-based think-tank’s annual bible for defense analysts, The Military Balance, said Washington’s assertions after the Iraq conflict that it had turned the corner in the war on terror were “over-confident.”

They’ve been “turning the corner” in the war(s) for, what, several months now. Only to discover things keep getting worse. Generally as a result of their own arrogant bumbling.

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Maggot Art

No maggots were harmed in the making of this art.

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