Liberalpro :The Washington Post reported today, that due to the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and the President’s “heroic” trip to The Green Zone in Iraq with 25 lbs of body armor wrapped around his frame, (body armor that most soldiers “on the ground” don’t have) that the time is right for a political debate in Congress, about this war.
The Republicans want the Democrats to “put up or shut up”. They feel cocky now that al-Zarqawi is dead, and their mentor actually went into the belly of the beast. They feel that they have some “political capitol” and they are going to spend it. So now they want a dog and pony show in Washington to show how damn patriotic the Republicans are, and how wrong the Democratic (and some Republican) congressmen are. They are trying to show how the Republican Conservative Right has fought this war for the sake of American security and Iraqi freedom.
Let me help Americans put this in perspective if you would be so kind to let me. We have a government that has had so many setbacks that they are far too numerous to put in this article. The entire country of Iraq is still a war zone after more than three years of hard fighting. We have spent over $288,000,000,000 (billion) dollars on this war. A good portion of it going to contractor’s such as Haliburton, without any substantial result, or actually being even close to finishing their projects. Over 2,600 American soldiers dead, and over 150,000 Iraqi dead and wounded (civilians). They have a civil war raging in their country between the Shia and everyone else. The government is more closely allied with Iran in terms of religion and culture than it is with the U.S. The Iranians are predominantly Shia too. Iraq is covered in blood and it’s population suffers under fighting between the US Army, The British Army , The Iraqi Militias, The foreign insurgents, and the so-called Iraqi self-defense forces. It is quite clear that to be an Iraqi in today’s world is to be in a precarious situation to say the least.
So they want to debate in the House about the war. The politicians that vote against the war will be looked on as not being “on board” with our national interests. The politicians that vote for it, will be seen as patriotic and “in-line” with the will of most Americans. That is what the Republicans are trying to do here. They are again trying to make it an us against them, partisan issue. A political issue. Certainly not a moral issue, if they tried to use it as a moral issue, they would lose the vote, hands down. This is a last ditch attempt to keep the Republican Party alive, after this President has made just about every mistake that a leader could make in his years in the White House. From his “Axis of Evil” speech to his “Bring it On” speech. From the outing of Valerie Plame, to the NSA wiretaps on American citizen’s. From the rise of the price of oil to the fall of American influence in the world, this president has done nothing right.
Now the Republican’s want to push this war debate into the halls of the house, so that they can show the American public who the real traitors to this country are. Don’t buy it. The people that got us into this mess are the people who are the real traitors. Remember “Mission Accomplished!” ? Remember Bush flying onto the deck of that aircraft carrier in his flight suit, calling attention to the few months he served in the Air National Guard while they paid “Swift Boat Veterans for Truth” to lie about Sen. John Kerry? Don’t let them sell you on this war for profit and power. The real Patriots are the people that voted against this fiasco.
Let me tell you why I feel that I can say what I’m saying with a clear conscience. What I feel gives me the right to say what I believe. I have two letters of Appreciation from The US Army. One from a General, and one from a Colonel, thanking me for volunteering to come out of Army retirement to volunteer to serve in Afghanistan. I would do it again. I won’t fight in Iraq. We have no business in Iraq. Don’t let these NeoCons that never put a uniform on make you believe that we do. It seems that men who never went to war, are the ones that glorify it. War is a measure of last result, not a political tool to be used by fools.
The sad thing about this vote in the House, is that many Democrats that are against this war will vote for it again because they don’t want to seem as if they are out of step. They will put aside their personal convictions in order that they don’t stand out. These are the politicians that made me lose faith in the Democratic Party. These are the same people that forced me to start The Liberal Party of America, that is the only alternative to politics as usual in this county.
So come with us and help us to change the Status Quo. This country deserves better, This country deserves “statesmen, not Politicians” Remember, “Liberal Values are American Values”. America is a good country. Don’t let these politicians pull her down. If it’s not our job, than who’d job is it? The politicians in Washington? Don’t believe it. Trust me, I’ve seen this movie before. Last time we lost 58,191 dead and missing, to prove just how wrong they were.