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Two Bad Choices
Thursday, December 14, 2006
11:31:00 PM EST
Feeling Sad
There are many troops and their loved ones who hope that the Dem victory means that the troops will be coming home from Iraq soon.
I'm afraid that this is not the case. Iraq is a black hole from which we cannot extract ourselves. I suppose if the oil in the Middle East
would dry up overnight, the troops could come home tomorrow or within a week or two. That's the main reason why we can't leave, I think.
When we leave, the civil war will get much worse and may spread into a regional war which would involve Saudi Arabia and Iran. This could
cause gas prices to go up to $10 a gallon or worse.
I heard Rep. Charlie Rangel on the radio. He is one of the most anti-war congresspersons. But he said that the Dem Congress will not cut
off the funds for the war in Iraq.
I think control of the purse strings is the only leverage Congress has to get the troops home.
Of course, this is discouraging. But who should we blame. Should we blame the cowardly, spineless Dems? I suppose partially.
Should we blame the president who got our loved ones in this position and is only now going through the motions of appearing to get them
out of it? He certainly should get most of the blame since he is the commander in chief. Should we blame Rummy? Yes. So far he is the
only one to be held somewhat accountable by having to resign. Perhaps international courts may someday hold Rummy more accountable but I seriously
doubt it.
In fact, one Repub Senator says the Bush policy in Iraq may even be "criminal."
So is there anyone else to blame?
Yes, the American people. Most Americans are against the war in Iraq NOW, but 70% supported the invasion of Iraq before we went in.
We were certainly misled by the president, his staff and the corporate media on the issue of WMD, but anyone who knows anything about Jesus
and the ten commandments knows that it's wrong to kill. Certainly we should have known that it's wrong to START a war. Certainly we should
have learned from the lesson of Vietnam. Even Pope John Paul II told us "if you go to Iraq, you go without God."
Now most Americans have changed their minds about Iraq because there are Americans in those body bags. If there were only sand blacks
in those bags this war in Iraq would still be popular.
Apparently most Americans are not enough against the Iraq war, otherwise there would be more hope of our loved ones coming home.
The American people are the boss of both the president and the Congress. As long as they sit on the fence, their employees will
do likewise.
I suspect We the People have mixed feelings. We want to get out of Iraq, but we don't want to pay $10 a gallon gas. Also we don't want to
be completely humiliated. We don't want to accept how wrong we were to support the war in Iraq in the first place. We don't want to cut and run.
Withdrawal from Iraq will also give Al Qaeda even more bases in Iraq than they probably already have. This would make it a little
easier for them to attack us perhaps. It would give them more oil to buy weapons.
Our withdrawal from Iraq would help Al Qaeda and Iran. Of course, our occupation of Iraq is helping Al Qaeda and Iran. Bush's CIA says the
occupation of Iraq has increased terrorism. Richard Clarke says the war on Iraq has been a disaster for the war on terror.
I suppose the main concern of the American people is that withdrawal will lead to higher gas prices. I think they know they are
are going to be attacked again by Al Qaeda whether we stay in Iraq or not.
So to have any hope of bringing the troops home we will need to get the Boss--We the People--off the fence.
I think the best way to do that, or the best way to maybe quicken the process, is for the troops, veterans and their loved ones to speak out
publicly against the war in Iraq. I know this is hard to do because of possible retribution by the Pentagon.
Along with speaking out, the war itself will cause Americans to become more and more anti-war every day. The body bags and the
maimings and future terror attacks on American soil and various other related plagues are designed to gradually persuade the American people
that pre-emptive war or preventive war is not an appropriate solution and that the only logical thing to do is to withdraw from Iraq ASAP. The
plagues are meant to show Americans that the lesser of two evils is to withdraw from Iraq as soon as possible.
It is unfortunate that the troops and their loved ones must suffer in order for ignorant Americans to be educated. But once the current
commander in chief ordered troops into Iraq based on a lie, once he crossed the Rubicon, there was no way to avoid an eventual disaster.
The only choice we have left is between two disasters, with one being worse than the other. Perhaps the only thing differentiating
the two alternate disasters is with the lesser disaster there will be fewer American soldiers in body bags and fewer of them maimed.
It is a sad choice. But perhaps in the long term the Boss will learn not to let a commander in chief take war and our beloved troops
so lightly.
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11:31:00 PM EST
Feeling Sad
Two Bad Choices
There are many troops and their loved ones who hope that the Dem victory means that the troops will be coming home from Iraq soon.
I'm afraid that this is not the case. Iraq is a black hole from which we cannot extract ourselves. I suppose if the oil in the Middle East
would dry up overnight, the troops could come home tomorrow or within a week or two. That's the main reason why we can't leave, I think.
When we leave, the civil war will get much worse and may spread into a regional war which would involve Saudi Arabia and Iran. This could
cause gas prices to go up to $10 a gallon or worse.
I heard Rep. Charlie Rangel on the radio. He is one of the most anti-war congresspersons. But he said that the Dem Congress will not cut
off the funds for the war in Iraq.
I think control of the purse strings is the only leverage Congress has to get the troops home.
Of course, this is discouraging. But who should we blame. Should we blame the cowardly, spineless Dems? I suppose partially.
Should we blame the president who got our loved ones in this position and is only now going through the motions of appearing to get them
out of it? He certainly should get most of the blame since he is the commander in chief. Should we blame Rummy? Yes. So far he is the
only one to be held somewhat accountable by having to resign. Perhaps international courts may someday hold Rummy more accountable but I seriously
doubt it.
In fact, one Repub Senator says the Bush policy in Iraq may even be "criminal."
So is there anyone else to blame?
Yes, the American people. Most Americans are against the war in Iraq NOW, but 70% supported the invasion of Iraq before we went in.
We were certainly misled by the president, his staff and the corporate media on the issue of WMD, but anyone who knows anything about Jesus
and the ten commandments knows that it's wrong to kill. Certainly we should have known that it's wrong to START a war. Certainly we should
have learned from the lesson of Vietnam. Even Pope John Paul II told us "if you go to Iraq, you go without God."
Now most Americans have changed their minds about Iraq because there are Americans in those body bags. If there were only sand blacks
in those bags this war in Iraq would still be popular.
Apparently most Americans are not enough against the Iraq war, otherwise there would be more hope of our loved ones coming home.
The American people are the boss of both the president and the Congress. As long as they sit on the fence, their employees will
do likewise.
I suspect We the People have mixed feelings. We want to get out of Iraq, but we don't want to pay $10 a gallon gas. Also we don't want to
be completely humiliated. We don't want to accept how wrong we were to support the war in Iraq in the first place. We don't want to cut and run.
Withdrawal from Iraq will also give Al Qaeda even more bases in Iraq than they probably already have. This would make it a little
easier for them to attack us perhaps. It would give them more oil to buy weapons.
Our withdrawal from Iraq would help Al Qaeda and Iran. Of course, our occupation of Iraq is helping Al Qaeda and Iran. Bush's CIA says the
occupation of Iraq has increased terrorism. Richard Clarke says the war on Iraq has been a disaster for the war on terror.
I suppose the main concern of the American people is that withdrawal will lead to higher gas prices. I think they know they are
are going to be attacked again by Al Qaeda whether we stay in Iraq or not.
So to have any hope of bringing the troops home we will need to get the Boss--We the People--off the fence.
I think the best way to do that, or the best way to maybe quicken the process, is for the troops, veterans and their loved ones to speak out
publicly against the war in Iraq. I know this is hard to do because of possible retribution by the Pentagon.
Along with speaking out, the war itself will cause Americans to become more and more anti-war every day. The body bags and the
maimings and future terror attacks on American soil and various other related plagues are designed to gradually persuade the American people
that pre-emptive war or preventive war is not an appropriate solution and that the only logical thing to do is to withdraw from Iraq ASAP. The
plagues are meant to show Americans that the lesser of two evils is to withdraw from Iraq as soon as possible.
It is unfortunate that the troops and their loved ones must suffer in order for ignorant Americans to be educated. But once the current
commander in chief ordered troops into Iraq based on a lie, once he crossed the Rubicon, there was no way to avoid an eventual disaster.
The only choice we have left is between two disasters, with one being worse than the other. Perhaps the only thing differentiating
the two alternate disasters is with the lesser disaster there will be fewer American soldiers in body bags and fewer of them maimed.
It is a sad choice. But perhaps in the long term the Boss will learn not to let a commander in chief take war and our beloved troops
so lightly.
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However you feel about oil - which is abdundant in every country on the planet since it is composed of ancient biomass and we all have it, the fact I believe is that an American presence will remain in Iraq for at least 20 yrs. No matter who buys the office of President. CATHY
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