Charley Reese: Insanity

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Insanity

By Charley Reese

25/05/08 "King Features Syndicate" -- - President George Bush and his tag-along buddy John McCain are repeating almost word for word about Iran the pattern of lies and threats they used to justify the war against Iraq.

Our intelligence agencies have said that Iran gave up the pursuit of a nuclear weapon three years ago. President Bush makes speeches as if he's never heard of any intelligence agencies. That's what worries me about President Bush. His words very often defy and contradict reality.

Recently, he almost repeated word for word a theme he often used in the buildup to the Iraq aggression. It was, he said, unthinkable to allow "the most dangerous regime to acquire the most dangerous weapons." This guy might actually launch an attack on Iran before his term expires. If he does, you can kiss the world economy goodbye. You don't like $4-a-gallon gas? How about $10 a gallon?

In the first place, Iran is far from the most dangerous regime in the world. I would say it is not dangerous at all, so far as the United States is concerned. Except for idiots, sane people assess threats based on capability, not on political rhetoric, intentions or imagination.

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Nothing alarms me more than the thought of an irrational person in the White House. I'm OK with stupid. I can live with venal. I can tolerate a womanizer, even a drunk, but a crazy person in command of our nuclear forces gives me the heebie-jeebies. Somebody who can't tell the difference between a nuclear-free Iran with no ICBMs and Russia with thousands of nuclear warheads sitting atop advanced intercontinental missiles has no business being allowed in the White House, even as a tourist.

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[dtotire]

1. Reese sometimes writes good columns

Basically, he is a conservative. He would support Republicans like Eisenhower or Nelson Rockefeller

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2. So Rat Boy is turning against the Bushes?

He used to do live commentary, years ago, on my TV station. He was up against a big, bloated but modestly liberal radio host named Gene Burns. Their point-counterpoint was mostly verbal TV wrestling. But Reese seemed to be the one most often on the attack, using standard Reaganite talking points.

And if you ever saw him, all you'd have to do is add a few long whiskers to make Reese into Ratboy.