Haven't we heard this somewhere before?

I haven't slept as well as I usually do since out Great and Fearless Leader gave an address this last Tuesday that wasn't so much about securing Iraq as it was about dragging Iran and Syria into this whole ugly mess. Now, I'm not normally an anxiety ridden person. You can't be in my profession, that of registered nurse, and lead a normal life.

But I just woke up with this leaden feeling in my belly (No, it wasn't the Taco Bell and egg-salad I had last night), and the words of Secretary of Defense, Bob Gates, echoing in my ears as he testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Friday.

"Oh gosh, you sillies. Of course President Bush doesn't have any plans to attack Iran. Except...you know...as a LAST RESORT.

Now whereinthehell have we heard that before.

"...the President continues to seek a peaceful resolution. War is a last resort." - Scott McClellan, 11/12 /02 White House Press Briefing

This coming long after Chimpy McPresident and his merry band had decided to Iraq was to be plucked like an over-ripe fruit.

Given this Presidents past history, I could only wonder why someone in Congress didn't fall all over themselves trying to introduce a Resolution of Inquiry in the House to get the ball rolling on impeaching these crazy bastards before they do something we all will regret more than we already regret invading Iraq. How could they not see the rocks this President, and his administration, are steering this ship of state towards.

This administration reminds of nothing so much as a bunch of monkeys playing with a box of matches in a fuel refinery. One spark, at any moment, and the whole thing will explode in a conflagration that will engulf, not just the region, but quite possibly the entire world as well. One that will make the last world war look like a Sunday school outing in comparison, and one from which the United states will not emerge unscathed or victorious.

When Seymour Hersch wrote his article about US forces moving into Iran back in April of 2006, he and anyone who agreed with his analysis, were dismissed as being alarmists and in need of some psychotherapy. But the reality is staring us in the face...Here...Now. This President is locked into some sick, messianic vision, and he is determined to see that vision through to the end regardless of the cost in blood and treasure...Regardless of the consequences to this nation or the world. That Congress is not dropping their partisan squabbling in order to check this President and his administration is a mystery. Better we have a constitutional crisis than an expanded war in the Middle East and likely beyond.

Consequences...The truth, apparently, doesn't seem to matter

In the aftermath of Chimpy McPresident's address little is being said about the deeper implications of his "strategy" or its consequences.

It is readily apparent that this president is recklessly and callously launching upon a course which will goad Iran into some action which, in turn, will justify the use of America military force against that nation. It is equally apparent that such a use of force will include air-strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities...Long a goal of the Administration, but thwarted by the international community in the form of refusal to sanction Iran for its nuclear program.

A government consultant with close ties to the civilian leadership in the Pentagon said that Bush was “absolutely convinced that Iran is going to get the bomb” if it is not stopped. He said that the President believes that he must do “what no Democrat or Republican, if elected in the future, would have the courage to do,” and “that saving Iran is going to be his legacy.” - The New Yorker, 04/08/06

Bush's actions seem to give truth to this assessment...That he will do what ever he feels he needs to do, regardless of the cost or the consequences. Regardless of the cost in human lives, let alone the cost of the lives of our own troops. Regardless of the consequences, which include a larger war in the region that could lead to a general world-wide conflict.

Given these reckless, feckless actions and the utter disregard for any consequences of those actions, it is clear that this administration is unfit for command and Congress should put aside partisan differences and immediately file articles of impeachment against this president and his administration before they strike a spark to a conflagration that could engulf, not only the Persian Gulf, but the world.