Democracy on the ropes

Now that I've made the connection between the GWOT and the Resource Wars virtually everything that is going on in US foreign policy makes sense to me. Even so, I could barely believe the quotes in today's WAPO article summarizing some of the weekend's tv programs. The Post quotes Dick Cheney as saying that "you can't fight a war by committee." Asked about the unpopularity of the war in Iraq, George farted out the following:

'You cannot simply stick your finger up in the wind and say, 'Gee, public opinion's against, we better quit,' " Cheney agreed. That would "validate the al-Qaeda view of the world," he added.

Apparently, al-Qaeda has some twisted notion that the will of the people, their insights, ideas, fears, and hopes may have some value. The Cheney administration, of course, knows better and that's why George is fighting for democracy in Iraq.