Wednesday, December 08, 2004
remind me again: which mission did we accomplish?
was it the mission to become embroiled in a quagmire that we created when we chose to attack a sovereign nation?
was it the mission to insure that over a thousand American soldiers would lose their lives in an elective war?
was it the mission that nearly 10,000 American soldiers would be wounded so that we have cheap access to Iraqi oil and access to Iraqi citizens as a market for exported US products?
was it the mission to reduce the population of Iraqi citizens by the 10's of thousands, but not to keep track because they are just not worth it?
Was it the mission to train our soldiers to kill Iraqi civilians?
was it the mission to encourage our troops to lose faith in the idea that their government would only send them to a justifiable war?
was it the mission to send our soldiers into battle to learn how to MacGyver their way through hostile territory?
We've certainly accomplished all of that, and much more along the same lines...
Does Bu$h actually get any sleep at night? Or does he sleep like a baby because he managed to drown his conscience during the years he was boozing and snorting while real men fought in Vietnam?
Every time I see a story on the news about yet another soldier (with a wife and young child) who was killed in Iraq, I feel absolutely sick. There is no reason for any of these Americans to have died. Until Bu$h sends Jenna and Barbara over to Iraq to fight his war, he just won't get how arrogant it was to do this to our troops (not to mention the Iraqi citizens who didn't ask for an American invasion.)
I continue to be ashamed that Bu$h is the face of America that the world has to see. Especially because his continued presence in the White House can only lead citizens of other countries to believe (perhaps rightly so) that the slim majority of Americans are shortsighted, greedy and immoral.
¶ 8:05 PM
was it the mission to become embroiled in a quagmire that we created when we chose to attack a sovereign nation?
was it the mission to insure that over a thousand American soldiers would lose their lives in an elective war?
was it the mission that nearly 10,000 American soldiers would be wounded so that we have cheap access to Iraqi oil and access to Iraqi citizens as a market for exported US products?
was it the mission to reduce the population of Iraqi citizens by the 10's of thousands, but not to keep track because they are just not worth it?
Was it the mission to train our soldiers to kill Iraqi civilians?
was it the mission to encourage our troops to lose faith in the idea that their government would only send them to a justifiable war?
was it the mission to send our soldiers into battle to learn how to MacGyver their way through hostile territory?
We've certainly accomplished all of that, and much more along the same lines...
Does Bu$h actually get any sleep at night? Or does he sleep like a baby because he managed to drown his conscience during the years he was boozing and snorting while real men fought in Vietnam?
Every time I see a story on the news about yet another soldier (with a wife and young child) who was killed in Iraq, I feel absolutely sick. There is no reason for any of these Americans to have died. Until Bu$h sends Jenna and Barbara over to Iraq to fight his war, he just won't get how arrogant it was to do this to our troops (not to mention the Iraqi citizens who didn't ask for an American invasion.)
I continue to be ashamed that Bu$h is the face of America that the world has to see. Especially because his continued presence in the White House can only lead citizens of other countries to believe (perhaps rightly so) that the slim majority of Americans are shortsighted, greedy and immoral.
¶ 8:05 PM
