The Unwelcome Guest

Donald Rumsfeld told graduating cadets at West Point yesterday that:

America should only have "our forces where they are wanted."

Okay, did you happen to save the invitation that the Iraqi people sent us, begging us to invade their country? No? Hmmm...must have gotten misplaced. I know how that is. My filing system leaves a lot to be desired, too.

Has anybody noticed how selectively the administration is choosing their audiences lately? Bush speaks before the Army War College and at the World War II Memorial dedication, and Rumsfeld speaks at West Point. Not exactly unbiased audiences. Bush might as well have made his speech last Monday to the Republican National Committee.

(Title borrowed from Woody Guthrie, who would undoubtedly be rather bemused by the current goings-on.)