Whistling and Wind

Tristero has a typically well-written and wonderfully heart-felt piece on Bushnev, nuking Iran, and why we can't keep thinking "he just wouldn't do that." The money quote?

Folks, many people have made the mistake of misunderestimating Bush again and again. He can't be that stupid. He can't be that vindictive or violent. He can't be that immature. He can't be that incapable of remorse or that messianic and delusionally religious.

It's time to face the fact that Bush is all these things and many more. He has been consistent from the earliest days of his regime - consistently incompetent, delusional, and violent. He does not bluff. He does exactly what he wants to do.

And then how does he tell us to stop it? Vote.

Georgi has been telling us loudly for days now that the Repubs will win in 2006, but Tristero believes he can be stopped by us voting.

Because Bushnev can't be so corrupt that he would rig elections.

Sorry. This is where the history books will say (not in this country, but elsewhere) the battle should have been fought. But even the brightest couldn't make themselves understand, so what was the hope for everyone else?