Last Thoughts On The Elections 2006

Poor Donald Rumsfeld, always the loyal soldier and perfect barrier for George W. Bush. Rummy has been the fighter on the ropes getting the snot beaten out of him because of the failed policy in Iraq, despite the fact that he wasn't the architect of the harebrain and illegal agenda to invade in Iraq. In fact, if one were to take an honest look at who should be taken to the chopin block over the current situation in the Middle East, it would truly have to be Dick Cheney who worked on the blue print of this invasion in 1991 along with Paul Wolfowitz. Back in those years it was called the Wolowitz doctrine then later was renamed, "Rebuilding America's Defenses," the manifesto of the Project For New American Century. You can read more about this in one of my earlier blogs, "Meet The Project For The Last American Century." 

So with the rise of the blue flood in Congress, there is no doubt George W. and Cheney needed another useful idiot to take the fall for their misdeeds. And this is where Rumsfeld comes in. He was no longer serving his purpose in keeping the heat off Bush and the rest of the GOP, one only needs to take a look at Bush's latest approval numbers, 34% and the current congress, 18%. It was clear that he had to go, farmer Bush took him behind the barn and ended his misery. But, the situation in Iraq will continue to take its course under a new Defense Secretary, Robert M. Gates or anyone else that takes the position, as long as U.S. troops are still in Iraq. Like Scott Mcclellan before him, Donald Rumsfeld is a convenient fall guy, he is unpopular and acts as a bulls eye on the back of the GOP. The problem is, just because he is now gone, doesn't mean a single problem has been solved. Quite to the contrary, the problems will only get worse since the sources of the problem will still be in place, corporate greed,  The Project Of The New American Century, lack of oversight and so on and so forth.

What will be missing is the oversight that the Democrats have been promising, along with the scrutiny from the public. In fact, Rumsfeld has been a lightning rode in the back of Republican party.  So in the end, there is little reason to believe anything positive will come from the change. Sacking Rumsfeld is not unlike the arrest of Al Capone, sure you get ride of someone who deserves it but, you do nothing about the problem itself.  But we'll see.

Until next time.

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