BUSH, LIES, AND WAR
Four years ago, Bush attacked Iraq based on deception, lies, and grossly distorted intelligence. Now, after 3200 American soldiers killed, over 100,000 innocent Iraqis murdered, al-Qaeda entering Iraq only after Bush’s invasion, the Abu Ghraib abuses, a growing civil war, and no firm plan for victory or exit strategy, Bush stated, “There's been good progress.” Someone forgot to tell the Iraqis.
Bush, the master of rhetoric, continues to state, “If you think things are bad now, they will be worse if we leave.” He says if the U.S. troops leave Iraq, the terrorists will follow them back to America‘s shores. This is Bush’s contention for staying the course in Iraq. Bush and his White House continue to play the fear factor card to incite American support.
Nonetheless, Americans are finally wising up. Six out of ten Americans support a U.S. withdrawal and an overwhelming majority our pessimistic about Bush’s war and believe that his invasion of Iraq was not warranted. Also, a majority of Iraqis want the U.S. to end its occupation of their homeland, and also credit America as the main cause of violence in their country.
Bush, however, disregards the majority in our democracy. “Presidents care about whether people support their policies,” Bush stated recently. Then he added, “I’m going to do what I think is right and if people don’t like me for it, that’s just the way it is.”
Bush has committed the sin of all sins by dragging America into another quagmire and repeating the mistakes of Johnson and Nixon. It’s time for Congress to use its constitutionally granted powers of oversight and funding power and put an end to this unpopular, open-ended Bush war.
Christian Gatsby
Bush, the master of rhetoric, continues to state, “If you think things are bad now, they will be worse if we leave.” He says if the U.S. troops leave Iraq, the terrorists will follow them back to America‘s shores. This is Bush’s contention for staying the course in Iraq. Bush and his White House continue to play the fear factor card to incite American support.
Nonetheless, Americans are finally wising up. Six out of ten Americans support a U.S. withdrawal and an overwhelming majority our pessimistic about Bush’s war and believe that his invasion of Iraq was not warranted. Also, a majority of Iraqis want the U.S. to end its occupation of their homeland, and also credit America as the main cause of violence in their country.
Bush, however, disregards the majority in our democracy. “Presidents care about whether people support their policies,” Bush stated recently. Then he added, “I’m going to do what I think is right and if people don’t like me for it, that’s just the way it is.”
Bush has committed the sin of all sins by dragging America into another quagmire and repeating the mistakes of Johnson and Nixon. It’s time for Congress to use its constitutionally granted powers of oversight and funding power and put an end to this unpopular, open-ended Bush war.
Christian Gatsby
