Reality Bites ... Rummy!

So the truth will out after all.

"The United States has no yardstick for measuring progress" in its war on terrorism, and "is in for a long stay" in Afghanistan and Iraq. "Are we winning or losing the war on terrorism? ..."

... asks Donald Rumsfeld.

Yes, you read that right. When he's not busy lying like a dog about how great everything is when he's on camera, he's writing memos to the State Dept. that paint a rather ... um, un-Fox-News-like picture of the situation. One might even call it ... bearing some passing resemblance to reality.

The important thing about this memo is not that it was leaked (as Rummy will try to make out tomorrow) or that it embarrasses him by contradicting his own public positions on the war. The important thing about this memo is that it shows that the wingnuts are not crazy ... they know perfectly well that their ideas and theories do not work.

But they insist on going ahead anyway. Despite the lives lost. Despite the bankrupting of the country. Despite the damage to our infrastructure and international reputation. Despite the increased risk of our safety as a nation. How is this different than the terrorists who accomplished nothing at all in their favour when they attacked New York and Washington?

Answer: it isn't. The terrorists and the wingnuts are really just the same thing: enemies of America.