With a tsunami of anti-Americanism headed our way, what to do about Bush...?

it's interesting... i read daily kos, atrios, americablog, think progress, and crooks and liars regularly, and quite a few others sporadically... in so doing, i find myself almost lulled into this sense of eager anticipation that all is going to be set right, but i usually snap back to what i believe is an extremely harsh reality...so far, in my meanderings, i have seen only three "a list" bloggers who share my view of just how critical things are right now for the u.s. - glenn greenwald, jerome a paris, and robert parry... i value parry's perspective highly... he sees what's coming and he isn't afraid to say so...

In Bush’s view, the only resolution is for troublesome Muslims to submit to his terms. But that is a possibility receding with the speed of water being pulled out to sea before the surge of a fast-approaching tsunami. In this case, there is a tidal wave of anti-Americanism about to crash across the Middle East.

While the Democratic congressional election victory and the scathing assessment from the Iraq Study Group may have shifted the political ground in Washington, Bush refuses to let go of his uncompromising vision of an “ideological struggle” requiring a near-endless war against Muslim militants abroad and elimination of constitutional liberties at home.

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Bush left little ambiguity about his intent toward the central recommendations from former Secretary of State James Baker, former Rep. Lee Hamilton and the eight other members of the Iraq Study Group, evenly split between Republicans and Democrats. Bush has no intention of implementing their comprehensive plan.

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Faced with this looming catastrophe, the congressional Democrats may have no choice but to reconsider what incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and others have ruled “off the table,” the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

Indeed, Bush’s cavalier dismissal of the key Baker-Hamilton recommendations creates a possible framework for a bipartisan impeachment effort.

A less confrontational approach could be Republican and Democratic pressure on Bush and Cheney to agree to sequential resignations, replacing Cheney first with a new Vice President who would then assume the presidency upon Bush’s resignation.

As unlikely – and extreme – as these scenarios may sound, the future of the American Republic may demand nothing less.

If Bush cannot come to grips with reality – and adopt a less ideological approach toward the Middle East – there may be no realistic choice but for the American people and their elected representatives to make clear that it’s time for him to go.

if there was ever a time for bush to go, it was immediately post-katrina... that still stands out in my mind as the single worst example of elected leadership in history... i begged, i pleaded, i prayed, that bush, cheney, and the entire cabinet would resign as the only honorable thing to do... i was so enraged that it took me weeks to settle down... of course, they weren't about to do any such thing, any more than they will do the honorable thing now... pity the poor american citizens who simply cannot come to grips with the fact that we have criminals, very bad, very evil criminals running our country, and that we have been lied to and manipulated at every step, aided and abetted by both democrats and republicans in congress... two more years simply isn't acceptable...

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