Amigos, I am supposing that joo have all heard of thees story:
3 Generals Spurn the Position of War 'Czar' Bush Seeks Overseer For Iraq, Afghanistan
By Peter Baker and Thomas E. Ricks Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, April 11, 2007; Page A01
The White House wants to appoint a high-powered czar to oversee the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with authority to issue directions to the Pentagon, the State Department and other agencies, but it has had trouble finding anyone able and willing to take the job, according to people close to the situation. At least three retired four-star generals approached by the White House in recent weeks have declined to be considered for the position, the sources said, underscoring the administration's difficulty in enlisting its top recruits to join the team after five years of warfare that have taxed the United States and its military.
Hmmmmmmmm...
¿Now, why would someone no want to run two wars for el Chimperador's administracíon?
I know, let's ask "retired Marine Gen. John J. "Jack" Sheehan, a former top NATO commander who was among those rejecting the job".
¿Jack?
"The very fundamental issue is, they don't know where the hell they're going,"... Sheehan said he believes that Vice President Cheney and his hawkish allies remain more powerful within the administration than pragmatists looking for a way out of Iraq. "So rather than go over there, develop an ulcer and eventually leave, I said, 'No, thanks,' " he said.
Wow, thees sounds rough, no?
Let me see, thees person weel have no power relative to hees boss, and be blamed for everytheeng.
¿¡Dios Gatos del Paradiso! who would want to deal weeth such painful humiliation?
Aahhh, ummm, well... si, I guess he could work.
To fill such a role, the White House is searching for someone with enough stature and confidence to deal directly with heavyweight administration figures such as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates.
Stature, huh? Sheet, then I guess Lieberman ees out.
Hmmmmmmm, theenk, theenk, theenk...
Kurt Campbell, a Clinton administration Pentagon official who heads the Center for a New American Security, said the difficulty in finding someone to take the job shows that Bush has exhausted his ability to sign up top people to help salvage a disastrous war. "Who's sitting on the bench?" he asked. "Who is there to turn to? And who would want to take the job?"
¡Yo la tengo!
¡No! ¡No! Yo la tengo ees Español for ¡Eureka!
As een: ¡Eureka! ¡I have eet!
Above:John McCain, keeping our wars from getting soggy
¡Crunchatize me, War Czar!
They asked me to take the job, but I told them to fuck off unless they spell цар (tsar) correctly.
Posted by: NTodd | April 12, 2007 at 05:58 PM
Insistence on what some call "correct" spelling could actually be an enslavement of new word development by a fascist, hegemonic, homopatriarchal linguistic unitary executive thingey ...
I demand a vowel recount ...
with PAPER ballots ...
Posted by: Douglas Watts | April 13, 2007 at 02:14 AM
"What's wrong with the Democrats' plan for withdrawing from Iraq is that they don't listen to the generals on the ground" GWB
"After all, this is a military operation, and as the Commander-in-Chief, you must listen to your military and trust their judgment on military matters"
GWB
... uh, Generals?? Generals?? Wull, I cain't find the right General at the moment to manage my wars, but I'll get back to yuh and give you the name of the General to listen to...
Posted by: m.suskind | April 13, 2007 at 04:00 PM
I have started a trend. And I likes it!
Posted by: watertiger | April 13, 2007 at 04:07 PM
¡...an' aaahh he'pped!
Posted by: ¡El Gato Negro! | April 13, 2007 at 07:56 PM