Right before the election, SNL had two skits goofing on what the possible Presidencies of Gore and Bush would be like. In the Bush skit, they had Bush sitting at a desk, with flames in the background and all over the office, on the phone telling people over and over again that he's sorry he screwed everything up and that his first month of the job was a lot harder than he thought it would be.

Why do I get the feeling that were kind of living that skit these days?

The only thing off with that skit, however, was that they should have had Bush giving that speech from his ranch in Texas because he's there more than in the White House.

Let's just take a look at this whole Iraq thing, shall we?

Our "allies" in the Middle East are saying "no-no-no, Saddam's not a problem, you need to take care of the whole Israel/Palestine mess first." Meanwhile, our allies in Europe are saying "no-no-no, Saddam's not a problem, you need to take care of the whole Israel/Palestine mess first"

Lately, the newspapers have been filled with Op/Ed pieces made up of almost every ex-Secretary of State that's still coherent. They all pretty much say the same thing- "it's not a bad idea, but get some proof first, make your case, make sure all the other countries are on board, get the U.N. to back us, and ask congress for permission." We're also hearing from almost the entire Smirkboy's Dad's cabinet and they're all saying this- "it's not a bad idea, but get some proof first, make your case, make sure all the other countries are on board, get the U.N. to back us, and ask congress for permission." Even the leading Republican leaders are going public and saying, in effect "it's not a bad idea, but get some proof first, make your case, make sure all the other countries are on board, get the U.N. to back us, and ask congress for permission." And the Democrats are…..are……are….hello? Has anyone heard from the Democratic Party lately?

(By the way, whenever someone says that "Bush needs to do a better job of making his case before the people" it's polite, D.C. spin for "they haven't got a case and don't know what the fuck they're talking about, but I don't have the balls to say it out loud.")

The Military, however, thinks it's such a bad idea that they're leaking every possible plan just in attempt to scare the living daylights out of the American Public. And our Secretary of State, Colin "Don't Worry about George Being President Because I'll Give Him Advice and Look, He Really Does Like Black People" Powell thinks it's such a bad idea that Rummy, Condi, Dickie and the whole gang had a huge pow-wow in Texas without him. Hell, apparently Bush's Envoy to the Middle East just gave a speech in which he said it was a bad idea.

To sum up:

Countries that think this is a good idea- nobody.
Ex-Secretary of States who think Bush is doing a good job handling this- none
Ex-members of Bush I's cabinet who think Bush Jr. is doing a good job handling this- none
Republicans who think this is a good idea- not many.
Democrats who are against the idea- Hey, whatever happened to the Democratic Party?

In other words, almost everybody is saying an attack on Iraq is either a dumb idea or a half-way decent idea that needs to be handled much, much better than the current President is doing. Yet, Rummy, Condi, and Dickie and the rest somehow have managed to convince the President in between his daily jogs that it's a good idea. They've even told him that despite what every other politician and government type in the country is telling him has to do, he doesn't need to ask Congress for permission. Hello? Bueller? Is there anyone out there?

Does anyone else get the feeling that Rummy and Dickie used to love playing soldier when they were kids and haven't let it go? Does anyone else think this country might be better off if we just get together and buy the Bush Administration "Risk" so they could get their rocks off that way instead of by invading countries?

You know, it's kind of a really, really nasty thing to say considering that my 34-year old, herniated disc, bad knee butt will never, ever see any military action, but part of me kind of wants Smirkboy to go ahead and do it. Because if ever there's an act that's gonna lead to some Greek-style Hubris payback (hopefully without the sleeping with the mother bit), it's this whole invading Iraq thing. "Oh, it'll be easy," they're telling us. Or "oh, all we have to do is win the warn, and Iraq will be a democracy and all the rest of the Arabs will love us!" Yeah, we'll see.

Go ahead, Smirkboy, drink the cool-aid.....