Baker and Gates are good at what they do ...

The big Oil Bushies' A-Team--headed by James Baker (the Third)--organized the best possible strategy to clean up (once again in G.W.'s life) the mess Junior (aka President Bush 43) had made in Iraq. This strategy was spelled out in the policy recommendations of the report of the Iraq Study Group last year. Remember?

When the Democrats--having been given the majorities in both Houses of Congress by we the people--could not muster the political backbone to simply tell President Bush that nothing was going to happen until AFTER he adopted and started to implement the Iraq Study Group's report ... like, for instance, if Bush vetoes something he is left with nothing. Or am I missing something? What's this big threat of a veto? Congress passes the legislation. The Democrats didn't have the guts of leadership to stand up to Bush and his disaster ... even when handed the gift of the Iraq Study Group report by Big Oil Bushies A-Team!!! That was the easy out.

So the A-Team's front line (Baker-Gates -- that's Secretary of Defense Gates) is going to protect the strategic interests of the United States the hard way ... because they can't depend on the Democrats to do anything but talk. We are going to align ourselves with the Sunnis (think Saudis) to control access to the oil in the Middle East.

And the Democrats, again, aren't going to do a damn thing about it -- except talk -- BECAUSE they KNOW that if they force the pullout of troops, it isn't the bloodbath for Iraqis that the American public is worried about ... it's the odd-even days for pumping gas! aka the Jimmy Carter effect ... and the Democrats will be blamed for it.

You have to hand it Baker and Gates. These guys are good at what they do ... protecting the strategic interests of Big Oil ... oops! I mean the United States. Oh well, they seem to be the same for now.