Wanker, thy name is Joe

Joe Lieberman, who during the debates with Lamont was certain that the troops would start coming home by now, is now calling for more troops.

And, shit, I am sure sick of this "double down" meme that's come to mark "debate" over the Lieberman/McCain War.

The visit by Mr. McCain came at a time of disarray in Washington and across the United States over how to proceed in Iraq. Mr. McCain, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is effectively doubling down his bet on the war, figuring that embracing a strong resolution in Iraq will give him an effective campaign cudgel. If the administration sends more troops, Mr. McCain can hope for a speedy resolution in Iraq that allows him to claim partial victory; if President Bush pulls back and chaos persists, he could contend that his advice was ignored.

I know we're now a nation addicted to "Texas Hold-em," or watching dweebish and/or unsavory individuals in sunglasses playing it in the dark on TV, but using a stupid (and wrong) poker metaphor just cheapens the lives of our troops and the lives of Iraqis who are dying by the score every fucking day.

We are not "doubling down" in Iraq. We are "escalating"... just as we did in Vietnam. The results will likely be the same. And "doubling down" implies that we can "win the pot" with just the right hand. We can't. The point -- or pointlessness -- of this exercise is to subdue Baghdad.

If I were a cynical bastard (I heard that!), I would say let's give him his troops and hoist him by his own petard. But too many have died to prove the manliness of such bloody-minded assholes as McCain, Bush, and Lieberman.

And this is just bullshit:

He contrasted the situation with the Vietnam War, saying, “when we came home, the war was over.” But now, he said, Iraq’s Islamic militants “will follow us home” if the American effort fails.

This is not Afghanistan, where the governing faction hosted a terrorist organization intent on attacking the U.S., and succeeding. This is a civil war.

How 'bout this slogan..."McCain '08: Throwing good lives after good is "the least bad option."