Bushworld continued

24% of Americans apparently still support George W. Bush. Astounding.

Just look at the latest chapter of The Mess. While Bush continues to defend his Iraq debacle (and will call it neither the occupation that it is nor the civil war that it is), various degrees of chaos rule across the region. Today General Musharraf placed Pakistan under "emergency rule"--which basically is martial law. (And let's not forget that Pakistan is a nuclear power.) Preparations are being made for the US to attack targets in Iran. US soldiers in Afghanistan are encountering new fighters from outside who are even fiercer than the Taleban. Turkey is stacking up troops on its border to possibly attack the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Syria and Jordan simply can't take any more Iraqi refugees. Every day the Palestinian situation feeds the anger of Muslims around the world.

Back at home, many career diplomats in the state department are in open revolt because Bush wants to force them to go to Baghdad. And this week Cheney gave us Bush redux, baldly stating that "We do not torture."

Meanwhile, Bush continues to play his fear cards, the latest one being World War III if we don't take his lead on Iran.

What is really frightening is 14 more months living in Bushworld.