Never Enough Bush Doctrine Hating Department I stand behind the US troops. I also want them to come home quickly. I also know that, despite my opposition to this war, they will not be withdrawn just because of massive demonstrations worldwide, global leaders and allies condemning the war, or negative press. So it seems that the best way for them to get home quickly, at this point, is to win the war quickly. A quick victory, however, seems to be evaporating. "Shock and awe" is a joke. The Bush administration's propaganda war prior to the invasion, while somewhat effective, wasn't effective enough--all it has done is made Saddam's loyal troops and Baath Party members even more brutal and inhumane, pushing regular army conscripts to fight when they'd rather surrender. Several mistakes have been made, the biggest of which was to presume that a strategy that led to victory in impoverished, backwater Afghanistan could be used to gain victory in oil-rich, relatively secular and modernized Iraq. Is there any end to American arrogance? How did we get to be this bad? More to the point, how did we let our leaders get so bad? I've come very close to using my first paycheck to finance a "freedom tickler" product, just to see how many idiots are willing to buy a French Tickler in red, white, and blue. For that matter, France's flag is red, white, and blue too! How about, in protest, we change our flag's colors? Black for oil, green for money, and of course we'll keep the red, since Americans seem to love a good fight. Yesterday I mentioned to Thea that one anti-war "direct action" suggested sending boxes to the White House--without return addresses--clearly labeled "Our Blood For Oil", containing used tampons and sanitary napkins sealed in ziplock bags. Today Thea alluded to this action, saying she didn't like the idea of sending Dubya blood that he could then sacrifice to his Dark Lord. I replied, "Who, Jehovah?" One good result should come of all this war nonsense--I seriously doubt that Dubya will be re-elected. Now to keep my cynicism from overwhelming this conclusion....