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These boots are made for talkin’

As we approach the long-anticipated pass/fail grade “progress report” on the Iraq war escalation “surge” in September, it seems that the boots on the ground are talking about what’s going on, more than ever.

Tom has a link to a story on Truthout that’s interesting, and Miguel de Icaza has a great set of links including Jon Swift’s coverage of the outing of Scott Thomas Beauchamp. One of the best parts, for fans of pettiness, is Hugh Hewitt’s hard-hitting analysis of Beauchamp’s decision to read Jack Kerouac’s “On The Road,” which proves beyond any reasonable doubt that Beauchamp’s article is full of lies. Hey, I read Clockwork Orange, look out — that proves I’m a violent sociopath, right?

As Tom Englehardt has written so well so many times, the longer we’re there, the worse it gets. It will be interesting to see how the “progress report” draws a line through the available data and makes it point straight toward a peaceful outcome.

Let me guess … the peaceful outcome will include lots of huge US military bases in Iraq for the next few decades, right? And isn’t that exactly why those guys flew airplanes into the World Trade Center towers, because they were pissed about all the US military bases in the Middle East? In poker, this is known as doubling down to hide a weak hand. Tad, does that ever work?

Meanwhile, I hope the boots keep talking.

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