Last November, Republican Congressman John Kline was feeling so optimistic about the Iraq War that he declared that he “would be shocked” if the United States were not ready to withdraw military forces from Iraq within eight to ten months. Okay, readers, it’s time to do the math! If it’s almost September 2006 now, and John Kline made that statement in November 2005, that means that it’s been almost ten months since John Kline said he “would be shocked” if the American military were not ready to pull out of Iraq within eight to ten months.
If almost ten months has passed since Congressman Kline made that statement, then I want to know this: Has Kline made his appointment for electroshock therapy yet?
No, I don’t seriously want to see John Kline strapped down to a table and subjected to high voltage electricity. That would be cruel. However, Representative Kline might want to consider some more humane method for bringing him back in touch with reality. After all, Kline has, from the start, demonstrated a remarkable ability to foster stark delusions about conditions on the ground in Iraq.
When Kline met to debate Democratic Candidate Coleen Rowley recently, he demonstrated that he is still under the thrall of delusional thoughts. He claimed, in public, that the Iraq War has been a success on many fronts.
Which fronts would those be, Congressman Kline?
No weapons of mass destruction. No grateful crowds in the streets cheering on American soldiers. No oil revenues to make the war pay for itself. No democracy. No security. A puppet government that is sending death squads out on the streets to engage in mass murder and torture. Destabilization across the Middle East.
Congressman Kline, nobody else sees success on many fronts in Iraq. Even President Bush now admits that Iraq is a mess. So, Mr. Kline, when you see things that nobody else sees, like a successful war in Iraq, it’s probably time for you to seek professional help… and to resign your position as a member of Congress… to go get some needed rest.
I’d say he “demonstrated a remarkable [ability to maintain] stark delusions about conditions on the ground”
Quite right. I have a remarkable ability to get lost in the middle of a sentence when I get up to get a cup of coffee. Fix it, I will.