Let's Have A War, Already

You think that the Israelis, who now appear to have been involved in a body-countin', dick-swingin' competition w/ George "Whitesnake" Bush for the last few yrs., decided to jump ugly w/ Gaza when Bushie-Boy told them to put in back in their pants, as he certainly wasn't selling them any Viagara?

In a series of meetings, Israeli officials asked Washington for a new generation of powerful bunker-busters, far more capable of blowing up a deep underground plant than anything in Israel’s arsenal of conventional weapons. They asked for refueling equipment that would allow their aircraft to reach Iran and return to Israel. And they asked for the right to fly over Iraq. Mr. Bush deflected the first two requests, pushing the issue off, but “we said ‘hell no’ to the overflights,” one of his top aides said. At the White House and the Pentagon, there was widespread concern that a political uproar in Iraq about the use of its American-controlled airspace could result in the expulsion of American forces from the country.

Is there something ironic in the United Snakes' position in Iraq hindering Israeli plans? Wasn't that an unspoken justification for that murderous adventure? (It's unspokenness is just more confirmation of how likely it is.) The article is extracted from a book whose author, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, wrote the article, if you're following us. The dog that chases its tail shall be dizzy.