YOU DON'T THINK BUSH IS CRAZY ENOUGH TO JUST RUSH AHEAD AND ATTACK SYRIA AND IRAN ON HIS OWN... DO YOU?

Is it possible that Bush is courting impeachment? Or, if not impeachment, removal from office due to mental incapacity? In the bright glare of his dismal failure last night-- and with the British hustling their troops out of Iraq as fast as they can-- Bush may be following up his bellicose remarks about Iran and Syria... by attacking them!

I'm not making this up. Steve Clemons at The Washington Note asks if Bush has declared a "secret war" against both countries, something akin to what Nixon did with Cambodia. "Washington intelligence, military and foreign policy circles are abuzz today with speculation that the President, yesterday or in recent days, sent a secret Executive Order to the Secretary of Defense and to the Director of the CIA to launch military operations against Syria and Iran. The President may have started a new secret, informal war against Syria and Iran without the consent of Congress or any broad discussion with the country... Some are suggesting that the Consulate raid may have been designed to try and prompt a military response from Iran-- to generate a casus belli for further American action. If this is the case, the debate about adding four brigades to Iraq is pathetic. The situation will get even hotter than it now is, worsening the American position and exposing the fact that to fight Iran both within the borders of Iraq and into Iranian territory, there are not enough troops in the theatre. Bush may really have pushed the escalation pedal more than any of us realize."

Until today I never thought for one moment we would actually see a Bush impeachment trial. The political calculus is just so stacked against it. But now... Republican electeds are starting to cut this guy loose as fast as they can. Looks like McConnell and Lieberman may have a lot of filibustering on their hands this year.