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What will happen when Mr Bush sends a further 30,000 troops to Iraq? And does anyone else out there suspect that this is a question which Mr Bush himself has not even asked himself?

 

Mr Bush is a capitalist. There is nothing wrong with being a capitalist. All here at Spinoff Towers are capitalists – proud capitalists – and would have it no other way (hate Socialists). But crucially, we here at Spinoff Towers are not defined by the “capitalist” moniker. Mr Bush, however – along with those of his inner circle – very much is.

 

Like his inner coterie, George’s has been the career of the big businessman. He has drilled for oil, owned an American Football team, owned prospecting companies, sat on boards of directors, and so on. After all, back in the day who better to have sitting on the board of your company than the then President’s son?

 

The crucial thing about such men as this is that they develop a fascination with big numbers. The reason for this is that big numbers in the business world more often than not are synonymous with success. Look at the balance sheet, bottom right-hand corner – what do you see? Big number, or small? Hmm? A big one? Woopy-doo – bonus time for the board! Small one? Uh-oh.

 

This law of big numbers has been transposed into the military arena and in the humming Bush cortex now becomes: we are not having success; success is big numbers; send big number of troops.

 

The current strategy is failing. It has failed. It’s a failure. Everything about this war has had a big F stamped on it. To pursue this same course, but on a bigger scale, is idiocy. If you do that, you don’t get success. You just get an even bigger failure.

 

It is hard to see Mr Bush resisting the big time.

 

Yours etc.,

 

Spinoff.