more dog wagging

From today's Washington Post, an article on how the importance of Zarqawi in Iraq has been exaggerated by the military -- perhaps at the Bush administration's request?-- to reinforce the idea of a connection between terrorism in Iraq and the 9/11 attacks.

"U.S. military policy is not to aim psychological operations at Americans, said Army Col. James A. Treadwell, who commanded the U.S. military psyops unit in Iraq in 2003. 'It is ingrained in us: You don't psyop Americans. We just don't do it,' said Treadwell. He said he left Iraq before the Zarqawi program began but was later told about it."

What a joke. What is the war in Iraq other than an immense PSYOPS campaign aimed at the American public? We know the Bush administration is all about politics-- that is, domestic politics. Foreign affairs simply serve the domestic political agenda. At the start Rove and others thought this war would be good for the political fortunes of Bush and his Republican guard, would help them win elections. It certainly won Bush a second term, although now he may regret having won, given his status as lamest of lame ducks. Still, that was the orignal intent and expectation behind the war.

Maybe Bush will start a war with Iran just on the off chance that the patriot effect will kick in again, that he'll get a boost in his pathetic approval ratings? Why not? He can start it, let the next administration -- or the next, or the next -- finish it.