Monday morning war rant
In his weekly radio address, Bush knocked the Democrats for not giving him the full $196 billion dollars he is asking for his wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. And as usual, he accused them of 'failing to meet their responsibilities to the troops.'
Oh how he loves that mantra -- the troops, the troops, the troops. Like the only way to support them is to give Bush enough money to continue getting them killed. All for his mad dreams of a New World Order and the US controlling all that lovely OIL.
Yeah, he says the invasion was for Iraqi Freedom -- after the WMD lie fell through -- but just follow the money.
I remember in the beginning when our military operations were conducted under the code-name "Operation Iraqi Liberation"... until they realized the acronym was O.I.L. See how dumb they are.
Anyway, Bush's hypocrisy maddens me... the total BS he still tries to feed us in his radio address. Here is a man who lied to the American people, the UN, and the entire world community just so he could sell us his war in Iraq. And when the rest of the world didn't want to go along with his phony case for war, he boldly handed them an ultimatum, 'You're either with us or against us'....
Well, I was with him in Afghanistan, which held the real culprits who planned the flying of planes into our buildings.
But then Bush's gang of chicken hawks worked hard to cook Intelligence so he could order our military into Iraq to fight innocent people who did NOT want war with us.
His gang of neo-cons were blinded by their idea of a New World Order and, don't forget -- all that lovely OIL. They had no clue, or even concern, about the terrible devastation this unnecessary war would bring to millions of people.
Bush ignored the warnings of smart military men like General Eric Shinseki, went ahead and sent our troops in alone, without enough manpower or proper equipment (parents were buying body armor for their kids)... and no plan to win the peace, no exit strategy.
And now, as a result, we have lost almost 4,000 American lives, and around 30,000 severely wounded. We'll be seeing these maimed ones hobble around America's streets for decades.
The death count of innocent Iraqis is so high that the actual number is obscene and unable to be determined.
And now, our 'glorious leader' wants to bash the Democrats for not giving him more money to continue his miserable failed Iraqi experiment.
My patience with the Democrats is wearing mighty thin. Looks like they will never find the spine to REALLY exercise the power of the purse -- like they promised they would -- in the face of a defiant Bush who continues to ignore the wishes of two-thirds of the American people who want an END to this war.
Our soldiers in Iraq deal with strange hatreds they did not create, and sectarian fighting they can never resolve. They are doing a remarkable job, a brave heroic job, considering how harshly we've worked them. It's a travesty how little press the soldier suicide and desertion rates are getting.
And the Iraqis are not holding up their end of the bargain. Remember that Bush assured Iraqi leaders that we will not leave Iraq. Hell, we're still building the biggest US embassy in the world in Baghdad... it was originally going to cost $592 million, but this has been upped to another $144 million. It's a disaster, read about it here:
So there's no real motivation for Iraqi leaders to step up to the job and take control of their country.
The Bushies do not understand the Iraqi people and Muslim culture in general. The Iraqis will never adjust or conform to the American style of democracy that we keep trying force down their throats with military might.
When will our pro-war politicians realize that the military phase of the Iraqi war has already been achieved. We took Saddam down and made it possible for them to hold elections. We should just restore their water and electricity and wave bye-bye. Our troops have done everything they can do to change Iraq into Bush's and Cheney's fantasy.
... turns out, it was just Mission Impossible.
