"Bush: 'no comment' on weapons sales to Iran" by Andy K.

From the Associated Press, 6/11/07: "[The House of
Representatives voted] to ban the Pentagon from
selling leftover F-14 fighter jet parts sought by
Iran... THE WHITE HOUSE HAD NO IMMEDIATE COMMENT ON
WHETHER BUSH SUPPORTS THE PROPOSED BAN, WHICH IS
EXPECTED TO WIN SENATE APPROVAL."

Wait, stop. How the fuck can Bush possibly have 'no
comment' on a bill banning weapons sales to Iran?!?
Karl Rove can't possibly be so stupid that he's
unaware that supporting this bill is a no-brainer.

Political reasons for Bush to support the ban:
1a) It's great politics to be tough on national
security
2a) Iran is bad
3a) The F-14 is defunct and no longer in production,
so the corporate war profiteers (Boeing, Lockheed)
won't lose money
4a) Israel

Political reasons for Bush NOT to support the ban:
1b) It's a bipartisan bill and Democrats are bad
2b) Bush doesn't read the newspaper, so he's unaware
of any of this
3b) Bush would never admit that for the first 6 years
of his Presidency the Pentagon was still arming Iran
4b) Bush deliberately WANTS to arm Iran, so that he
can justify yet another war against a dangerous rogue
regime that we armed

The pragmatist in me believes #3b is certainly a
possibility-- after all, Dubya HATES to admit that
he's ever made a mistake. But BushCo is a savvy
political machine, and Rush/FoxNews/Hannity would spin
it to make it look like it was originally Bush's idea
that the poser Democrats are trying to take credit
for.

Simply put, the political reasons to support the ban
are far more persuasive than the political reasons to
oppose the ban. Unless the real reason is #4b... and
if that's the case, then logical reasoning is
irrelevant to the violent psychopath we've got in the
White House.