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Bush says that he is pleased with the current fighting over in Basra including the attacks on the green zone. Whenever Bush something weird, hold onto your jock strap cause he's got something up his sleeve.

My hunch it just might be NSPD-51 (National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive) signed by Bush back in May 9th 2007. Just to refresh recent campaign saturated memories, this was the highly controversial directive that Bush granted the President (himself) extraordinary powers for any "Catastrophic Emergency" without any permission or oversight from Congress. "Catastrophic emergency" was loosely defined as "any incident REGARDLESS OF LOCATION, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the U>S> population, infrastructure, environment, economy, or GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS."

A serious battle/bombing of the Iraq Green Zone resulting in heavy destruction could (in Bush's opinion) meet the conditional definition of NSPD-51 and trigger the so-called "Catastrophic Emergency provisions of this directive. As I recall, under these provisions the President can effectively assume control of all state and local governments along with all major business enterprises. Last year when this directive was signed, many people expressed the fear that Bush could use it a pretext to remain in office long after his term expires, by simply suspending any possible Presidential succession until after the "Emergency" has been eliminated.

A flight of fantasy? I think not. After eight years we have all come to know many of the idiosyncrasies of George W. Bush and the way he expresses himself in public. So I have my fingers crossed when he says, with his well known wry half smile, that he's pleased with the current fighting in Iraq.

by parvenu on Thu Mar 27th, 2008 at 08:59:05 PM EST
I think Bush's attempt will end up something like this:

Glendower:

  I can call spirits from the vasty deep.

Hotspur:

  Why, so can I, or so can any man;
  But will they come when you do call for them?

Knut

by Knut Wicksell (b_didnn@hotmail.ca) on Thu Mar 27th, 2008 at 09:28:48 PM EST
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