Please, Mr. Bush, WWJD?
"We hang the petty theives and appoint the great ones to public office."
Cicero Quintus Tullius
I may be an independent liberal or progressive, but I am not a dove. After 9/11 I was ready to get my old Army uniform out of the closet (not that it would have fit) and go kick some ass. And when Bush and company told us that Saddam Hussein was behind it and had tons of ready-to-use WMDs I was all for going after him. I did not even begin to question the war until I learned that we had been told lies by Bush in order to justify HIS war with Saddam. As I said, I am not against war, as long as it is the RIGHT war. However, we are now in a quagmire fighting the WRONG war! We should have "stayed the course" in Afghanistan and poured our military might and resources into that country and the hunt for Bin Laden.
If we had "stayed the course" in Afghanistan I have no doubt that Bin Laden would now be history and Iraq would not be a training ground for all of the terrorists lining up to take a shot at "the great Satan". We would also have the support of most of the known world, allowing the organization of a real coalition, comprised of countries that actually have armies!
If we had finished the job in Afghanistan this country would not be on the brink of banruptcy, our all volunteer military would not be in jeopardy, we wouldn't feel like this was Vietnam all over again, 60% of the citizens wouldn't think Bush was doing a poor job, and the government would be trusted and respected because Bush and company would have no need to lie to us.
Half of the 1,700+ dead have been killed SINCE we gave Iraq its Independence! Bombings and attacks in Iraq have increased tremendously. Instead of ONLY 2 Amercians killed per day, the average is now 3 Americans killed per day (an increase of 50%!). It is time for someone in this administration to step up and say, "OK, we made a mistake, let's try something different". To "stay the course" in Iraq just because it would mean that "1700 lives were sacrificed for nothing" is more than foolish. It is criminal. Are we to keep marching our guys to the slaughter because Bush is afraid of lossing face if he does change course!
This country, and the world, are in piss-poor condition right now and a lot of it is due to how we are dealing with terrorism. I don't care about Gitmo. I don't think we should be babying terrorist. In Vietnam it was often said, "Kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out!". I DO care about what is happening to our country and our sons and daughters in Iraq and Afghanistan. I DO care that America is not looked up to and respected, as it once was by most of the free world. I DO care that politics are more corrupt now that in the last 100 years or more.
No, I don't want to make "nice-nice" with the terrorists. But I DO want our government to act in a more rational, reasonable, and correct manner about it all. Please, Mr. Bush, WWJD?
Cicero Quintus Tullius
I may be an independent liberal or progressive, but I am not a dove. After 9/11 I was ready to get my old Army uniform out of the closet (not that it would have fit) and go kick some ass. And when Bush and company told us that Saddam Hussein was behind it and had tons of ready-to-use WMDs I was all for going after him. I did not even begin to question the war until I learned that we had been told lies by Bush in order to justify HIS war with Saddam. As I said, I am not against war, as long as it is the RIGHT war. However, we are now in a quagmire fighting the WRONG war! We should have "stayed the course" in Afghanistan and poured our military might and resources into that country and the hunt for Bin Laden.
If we had "stayed the course" in Afghanistan I have no doubt that Bin Laden would now be history and Iraq would not be a training ground for all of the terrorists lining up to take a shot at "the great Satan". We would also have the support of most of the known world, allowing the organization of a real coalition, comprised of countries that actually have armies!
If we had finished the job in Afghanistan this country would not be on the brink of banruptcy, our all volunteer military would not be in jeopardy, we wouldn't feel like this was Vietnam all over again, 60% of the citizens wouldn't think Bush was doing a poor job, and the government would be trusted and respected because Bush and company would have no need to lie to us.
Half of the 1,700+ dead have been killed SINCE we gave Iraq its Independence! Bombings and attacks in Iraq have increased tremendously. Instead of ONLY 2 Amercians killed per day, the average is now 3 Americans killed per day (an increase of 50%!). It is time for someone in this administration to step up and say, "OK, we made a mistake, let's try something different". To "stay the course" in Iraq just because it would mean that "1700 lives were sacrificed for nothing" is more than foolish. It is criminal. Are we to keep marching our guys to the slaughter because Bush is afraid of lossing face if he does change course!
This country, and the world, are in piss-poor condition right now and a lot of it is due to how we are dealing with terrorism. I don't care about Gitmo. I don't think we should be babying terrorist. In Vietnam it was often said, "Kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out!". I DO care about what is happening to our country and our sons and daughters in Iraq and Afghanistan. I DO care that America is not looked up to and respected, as it once was by most of the free world. I DO care that politics are more corrupt now that in the last 100 years or more.
No, I don't want to make "nice-nice" with the terrorists. But I DO want our government to act in a more rational, reasonable, and correct manner about it all. Please, Mr. Bush, WWJD?
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