So what?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/22/AR2008122201852.html

This is a good column by Eugene Robinson. It contains an astounding quote from Bush. Just when you thought you were suffering from outrage fatigue, the Doltish Dauphin ups the ante. Apparently, in an interview with Martha Raddatz on ABC, Bush took credit for defeating al-Qaeda in Iraq. When Raddatz pointed out that al-Qaeda had not been in Iraq before we invaded, he answered, "So what?" So what? So what? Ask the parents of the 4,000+ dead Americans, ask the parents of the horribly injured Americans, ask the Iraqis whose country we have decimated, ask the Americans who have seen billions of reconstruction dollars poured down a rat hole in Iraq with no positive outcome (unless you count obscene Haliburton profits), ask the Americans who care about our image in the world, the list could go on and on. Honestly, the man apparently could care less. As he once famously said, "Who care what you think?"

Speaking of Bad Ideas

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/08/AR2008120803297.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

This is a good piece by Eugene Robinson about the so called Blackwater trial. He basically calls it a whitewash and a show trial, comparing it to the Abu Graib trial, in that policy was never questioned, and the corporate higher ups are not investigated. I remember when the story of the shootings by Blackwater first broke, I thought who knew that visitors and State Department people were protected by the sinister Blackwater? I didn't. On what planet is it a good idea for our diplomats to be protected by mercenaries?