Crankytown: Kit Bond
Hey, how does everyone feel about the latest war news? As in (if you didn’t already know this years ago), we’re losing it. And, in the six years we’ve been fighting the Orwellian “war on terror,” we’ve made al-Qaida stronger.
Several Republicans are now coming to Jesus on the insanity of this war – even Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts, who’s been a predictable supporter of the Bush administration, seems to be wavering. But who’s not? Why, Missouri’s Kit Bond, of course.
This week, Bond told David Goldstein, the Star’s Washington correspondent, that the realization we need to get the hell out of Iraq is “extremely disappointing.” Bond continued: “It sends a very important message to al-Qaida that you are about to win the war.… It sends a deplorable message to the 150,000 American men and women who are risking their lives to carry out the mission.”
Uh, frankly, the message we ought to be sending the 150,000 American men and women who are risking their lives is that we’re bringing them home.
But then, it would be foolish to expect anything different from Bushie Bond. Back in May, when the Senate Intelligence Committee (on which Bond is the ranking Republican) declassified reports from January 2003 – reports predicting, according to The Washington Post, “that the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and subsequent U.S. occupation of Iraq could lead to internal violence” and that “U.S. actions would provide a boost to Islamic extremists and terrorists in the region” -- Bond squealed in protest.
His committee’s inquiry, he wrote in a May 25 press release, “has become too embroiled in politics and partisanship to produce an accurate and meaningful report.” Ssshyeah, right.
Bond will never change. The rest of us, however – the increasing majority of those of us who want out of this war -- should probably consider changing our relationship with him. The problem is, Missourians – even good Democrats -- are addicted to the guy because he delivers a near-daily fix of federal funding for projects benefiting all sorts of constituencies. That makes me so cranky. – C.J. Janovy
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