perfidy

LAJES AIRBASE, Azores - Monday will be "a moment of truth for the world," President Bush said Sunday at the conclusion of a summit conference here with America's key allies on the Iraq crisis. Bush said there's only one day left to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis through a United Nations resolution or other means. The U.S. has repeatedly said it will use military force to disarm Iraq if peaceful means fail. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein immediately threatened war "anywhere in the world," denied again that he has weapons of mass destruction, and asked who appointed the United States to be the judge of who gets what weapons.

About goddamn time. An informal poll of taxi drivers north of Boston shows that 100% of drivers poll feel a) An Iraq invasion is inevitable b) Everyone knows it, and c) The sooner the President stops acting like a) and b) aren't obvious to even to dogs and small children, the better off he'll be, and risks the contempt of the American people if he continues pretending there's any other end to this situation. 

I'm inclined to agree. I am somewhat conflicted over the, erm, coming conflict with Iraq (mainly over who exactly will pay for the effort, and exactly what will happen after), but I agree that Saddam's days are down to the very small numbers and that that is nothing but a good thing. 

So stop yanking our cranks and get on with it! We got about the biggest, sorest set of diplomatic blue balls you ever seen! Talky-time is over! Smacky-time is here! Let's do this thing! May a thousand roses of democracy bloom! Just stop..... pretending..... there's..... more..... to.... talk..... about!!!! 

Jesus!