Enemy Combatant
Tuesday, April 15, 2003
In a BBC radio interview (transcript not yet posted), former (Bush I) Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger opines on the possibility of Operation Likudnik Wetdream spreading to Syria and Iran next:
Lawrence Eagleburger, laughing) I can only tell youÖ.maybe Iíll be made of fool of when I say this but I canít even imagine that and Iíve only recently heard somebody else say that this is a possibility. I just donít think that anybody who says that truly understands the American people. You saw the furor that went on in this country before the President got sufficient support to do this. Weíre just not built like that. Whether anybody is prepared to admit it or not, this is still a democracy and public opinion and the public still on these issues rules. If George Bush decided that he was going to turn the troops loose on Syria now, and Iran after that, he would last in office for about 15 minutes. Youíre talking to somebody who frankly wishes we could knock Syria around a bit because I think they have been absolutely outrageous for years in terms of their support for terrorism. But, because I happen to believe that, doesnít mean itís going to happen. If President Bush were to try it now, even I would feel that he ought be impeached. You canít get away with that sort of thing with this democracy. Itís ridiculous.
Obviously, Mr. Eagleburger has yet to "drink his Kool-Aid," like a good American. We'll see how long it is before he's forced to eat those words like a good Bushbot (which, for a GOP member, usually just means granting another interview to claim you were "misquoted" or that your words were "taken out of context"). In the wake of this administration, the ground is littered with the remains of eaten hats.
Of course, Mr. Eagleburger may prove to be one of those increasingly rare species, the Principled Republican, and refuse to backtrack from his statements. If this happens, watch for the Keystone Crips in and out of the Bush administration to savage him in true thug fashion, beginning with snarky comments about his obscenely-unpatriotic surname.
