The Blame Game or Kill Bill Vol II

To expand a little on my last post, there is a problem with this war, and those who pleasure themselves to it. It's a no-fault war. It's nearly impossible to collect a "My Bad" from anyone involved. Despite the fact that America initiated the "War" part of the Iraq War, we feel no resposibility towards anyone to improve our tactics or react to changing events. No one has been fired yet for not doing their job. Paul Wolfowitz, has gotten "Employee of the Month" 14 times in the past two years despite all evidence to the contrary.

Q: If hundreds of US troops are killed by unsecured explosives, because they have not been provided with adequate armor, who's fault is it?
A: The Bad Guys!

While it's comforting to blame the enemy for attacking our invading army, there is a minor problem with this. The bad guys do not respond to editorials. Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi isn't going to read an article on the National Review Online, and decide to stop attacking convoys. The reason we criticize the Bush Administration is because, in theory, the President is supposed to be a servant of the American People. Not the other way around.

Now it's time for a game:

Who Wants to Be Blamed for Shooting an Unarmed, Wounded Man!

Take a look at this picture and answer the question below:



The soldier in the photo above shot a wounded prisoner to death a few days ago in Falluja. The marine declared "He's fucking faking he's dead. He's faking he's fucking dead," shot and killed the unarmed man and said "He's dead now." Now my question:

Assuming that someone somewhere should be blamed for this type of atrocity. Which of the following people is the culprit:

A. The Soldier
B. The Dead Guy
C. Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, the Pentagon
D. George Bush
E. Bill Clinton

If you chose (A) The Soldier you are wrong. First of all, he is a "The Troops©" and the troops must be supported at all times. Also apparently he got shot in the face a few days before, so you can forgive him for being a bit testy. If you chose (B) The Dead Guy, you got punked! It's a trick question. In this incident the bad guy is not the one to blame. Mostly because of the dead thing. And the unarmed thing. (C) Rumsfeld et al, would make sense if it were possible to assign blame for the fact that the insurgency was enabled by the lack of any post-war planning. Unfortnately this is not possible. In fact the problem with this war is that it's actually TOO SUCCESSFUL! It's so fucking sucessful that even actress Julia Roberts is like "that is some successful shit." Some liberal senators from a state like Massachusetts might blame (D) George Bush for starting this war on false pretenses, and hiring all of the assholes who lied to made this war happen, and for playing grab ass with phonies like Ahmed Chalabi. Unfortunately that would send mixed messages to The Troops, who might feel really bad about that, since they arent really occupied with any more pressing concerns.

So the answer is (E) Bill Clinton. Because he gutted the military. Also he had sex! In the Oval Office of all places!

To be fair, no one has yet found a way to blame Clinton for this particular murder, but he has been blamed for everything from 9/11, to the failing economy to the bad intelligence on Iraq. I know one thing, I'm definately not going to vote for him again!