Memo here, memo there, memo, memo everywhere

I'm finding it extremely curious that these memos are starting to turn up. The one by Steven Hadley isn't at all surprising. It follows the administration trademark of blaming mistakes on anyone but the one responsible. It cant blame the lack of any sense of normalcy in Iraq (or whatever they are calling it this week) on Clinton. So the Iraqi Prime minister is responsible for this one. Never mind the fact that the prime minister is trying to bring together three factions that have never seen eye to eye on anything. Then again, this was not considered in pre war plans, so I don't expect it to be considered in any postwar plans. Apparently, Mr. Bush didn't even know about the Sunni's, Shia's and Kurds that make up Iraq until they started their resistance.

Its not like the administration is loosening up on the ignorance. Just after the elections, when Nancy Pelosi was slated to be the next speaker, I heard an administration official rant on about Nancy Bin Pelosi and her liberal agenda on TV. Bin is for sons and literally means "son of". Therefore, its Osama "son of" Laden. In the case of Nancy Pelosi, it would be "binte" which means "daughter of" and hence, Nancy Binte Pelosi. It is this kind of ignorance about a culture, region, language and country that continues to make plans for the future of Iraq.

While we are on the topic of naming things correctly, here's a thought: lets call Iraq what it is - a civil war. I come from a country that has a civil war older than I am, and I assure you, Iraq is a civil war. Making up new names for old things seems to be another trademark of Bush. "Passionate Conservatism" any one?

Back to the memo's, and this peculiar newly leaked one authored by Rumsfeld. All we hear for months is "no change in direction" and "stay the course". Then out comes this memo which goes against all that rhetoric. It is causing consternation all around. I frankly don't know what to make of it. Is this administration making an exerted effort to look stupid and clueless? If a change in course was being considered, why not come out and say it? It might have saved the Republicans the loss of the Senate and some seats in the House. If this apparent shift in thinking was hidden to keep the President from having to admit mistakes, its OK. I for one don't need him to admit it anymore cause every one knows his current strategy is a mistake. We don't need Bush to tell us so. What we do need, and desperately so is to stop the loss of life.