How Can You Win A War Without A Mission?
With the American People long ago having grown tired with Bush senseless war in Iraq, the squatter in the White House has decided to go on the offensive. But not with Iraqi insurgents, but with the overwhelming majority of the American People.
Last Friday, on Veteran’s Day, Bush decided to break with the custom of laying a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown, and instead spend the day using our tax dollars to bash his fellow Americans. Calling those who criticize this idiotic war “deeply irresponsible”, Bush criticized all those who opposed his failed foreign policy on the day normally reserved to honor our fellow Americans who have died defending our freedoms.
Bush went on to re-write history by claiming that his political opponents and indeed the entire world had the same access to information that he did. That, of course, is a lie. The nation’s various intelligence services all report directly to the Executive, and no other branch of government. It was the Bush administration, who days after 9/11 told his administration to link the incident with Saddam. When it had been proven that there were no ties between Hussein and bin Laden, Bush ignored the facts and made the connections anyway. Finally, the Bush administration set up the White House Iraq Group, a separate and new “intelligence” organization, run under the Defense Department, whose sole goal was to fix intelligence to the pre-determined policy of launching a war with Iraq.
With Saddam Hussein now gone, “mission accomplished” having been already declared, two Iraqi elections having been held, and a new Iraqi Constitution in place, Bush still refuses to even discuss a time table for withdrawal. The question must be asked: Why are we still there?
With more and more of our nation’s finest coming home in body bags, the Iraq War continues despite that nobody knows what the mission is, how it can be accomplished, and when we will know when it has been accomplished.
The United States, which once stood as the beacon of the world, and what every nation aspired to be, now is seen as the new Evil Empire, and is the most hated nation in the world, even in Europe. And now our nation’s Commander-in-Chief spends Veteran’s Day by spitting in the face of every great American who has ever put on the uniform . While, to date, 15,477 soldiers have been wounded in this idiotic war for oil, and 2,077 soldiers have been killed, the President has yet to find the time to visit a single one of them as they are laid in their final resting place.
Mr. Bush, when will you come clean with the American People? Why are we still there? What is our mission? And how do we know when we’ve won it, so our troops can come home?
Last Friday, on Veteran’s Day, Bush decided to break with the custom of laying a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown, and instead spend the day using our tax dollars to bash his fellow Americans. Calling those who criticize this idiotic war “deeply irresponsible”, Bush criticized all those who opposed his failed foreign policy on the day normally reserved to honor our fellow Americans who have died defending our freedoms.
Bush went on to re-write history by claiming that his political opponents and indeed the entire world had the same access to information that he did. That, of course, is a lie. The nation’s various intelligence services all report directly to the Executive, and no other branch of government. It was the Bush administration, who days after 9/11 told his administration to link the incident with Saddam. When it had been proven that there were no ties between Hussein and bin Laden, Bush ignored the facts and made the connections anyway. Finally, the Bush administration set up the White House Iraq Group, a separate and new “intelligence” organization, run under the Defense Department, whose sole goal was to fix intelligence to the pre-determined policy of launching a war with Iraq.
With Saddam Hussein now gone, “mission accomplished” having been already declared, two Iraqi elections having been held, and a new Iraqi Constitution in place, Bush still refuses to even discuss a time table for withdrawal. The question must be asked: Why are we still there?
With more and more of our nation’s finest coming home in body bags, the Iraq War continues despite that nobody knows what the mission is, how it can be accomplished, and when we will know when it has been accomplished.
The United States, which once stood as the beacon of the world, and what every nation aspired to be, now is seen as the new Evil Empire, and is the most hated nation in the world, even in Europe. And now our nation’s Commander-in-Chief spends Veteran’s Day by spitting in the face of every great American who has ever put on the uniform . While, to date, 15,477 soldiers have been wounded in this idiotic war for oil, and 2,077 soldiers have been killed, the President has yet to find the time to visit a single one of them as they are laid in their final resting place.
Mr. Bush, when will you come clean with the American People? Why are we still there? What is our mission? And how do we know when we’ve won it, so our troops can come home?
posted by Alva Goldbook at 12:09 AM
2 Comments:
Hey Alva,
I was wondering what is it like to have your own internet stalker who espouses the rhetoric of Republican party talking points?
Macdonald,
Generally, I don't even bother reading his posts anymore. For one, I don't need someone to tell me what I already said, and then make a comment on it by putting a "====>" next to it. Secondly, Miami long ago lost all credibility whatsoever. Go back and read his comments on the post "Better Ingredients, Better Pizza, Employees Who Can't Speak English." He trashed me for raising a concern that Papa John's drivers can't speak English. I figured that might be understandable from his position considering his Cuban heritage. However, look at his comments on my post "What I Didn't Find In Alabama: Civilization." He trashed me again, and paid no mind for one of his fellow Republican Alabamans calling a Hispanic woman "a spic."
That tells you all you need to know about Miami. He's a misguided fool, who been trained to believe the Republican talking points, despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary, even if that very Republican party is screwing him over as well.
We can at least be glad that people like Miami are in a tiny minority, and that chances are this nation will again improve (with Miami blowing a fuse the entire time). People like Miami rarely see the writing on the wall unless they are shown first hand undeniable truth of the failure of conservative politics. There is over 2,000 years of clear proof of this, and yet Miami will most likely deny it until the day he dies, unless of course if this nation goes through another Republican-born Great Depression.
I keep hoping that day won't come, although all of us have learned the hard way, after living through 9/11, the Iraq War, and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, that as long as this fascist is squatting in the White House, never say never.
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