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The Washington Post on Wednesday quoted Bush administration officials as saying they had focused so much on ousting Saddam that they had not given much thought to how the ensuing power vacuum would be filled.

The officials said the administration had underestimated the organizational strength of the Shi'ite majority and were not ready to prevent the possible rise of an anti-American, Islamic fundamentalist government.


I can't believe this. Are you fucking serious? Bush administration officials are ADMITTING this? You never thought of this, this never occurred to you? Are you fucking serious? DON'T YOU READ LIVEJOURNAL? We've all been wondering what the fuck you were going to do after the war for MONTHS! Amazing. I mean not amazing that it's happening, but amazing that they think they can shrug their shoulders and say "we didn't really have time to think about it" and expect us to all be like "yeah, you really had a lot on your mind, don't worry about it, we'll figure something out." This isn't college! You can't finish this shit the night before it's due and get two hours of sleep and stumble into class and start a fucking war and then you get to the end and you're like oh yeah we forgot about that!

The mind boggles.

The War

Mar. 21st, 2003 01:43 pm
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So I was home during lunch and I watched The War. It was shockful and aweful. It made me put my hands over my mouth. You will no doubt see highlights on the news tonight, if you choose to watch TV. It was right across the river from where the camera was. They're blasting the hell out of the palaces and the government buildings and everything. Dan Rather said something about how ninety percent of the bombs/missiles in a city operation like this are "smart bombs" and dude in Baghdad said "Dan, right now I'm thinking about that other ten percent. I'm hoping they're at least clever," and Dan chuckled nervously. Dude in Baghdad, he was calm at first but then one hit RIGHT across the river from him and you could hear the panic in his voice. He said "hold on, I'm putting on a helmet."

The video that ABC had was from Abu Dhabi television. When I was listening to the radio on the way back to work, KYW (which is CBS, but which for some reason always has ABC News feeds during really big news stories) was channeling ABC News which was channelling "Sky" news which was channelling BBC. Or something like that.

I can't help but put my hands over my mouth, they go there by themselves. I'm feeling better now that I'm not watching it. Wayne has streaming radio in his cubicle. I can hear it, but can't totally follow what's going on. That's okay with me.

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