Letters to the Editor
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The chicken hawks need to be buried once and for all
It's dispicable that these "brave soldiers with other peoples lives"get even a shred of respectability. They spent their youth avoiding the VN war and any sacrifice on their part. Now they spend their formative years trying to figure out how they can fight a war without paying for it and limiting the sacrifice of life and limb to a small minority of working class guardsman. Out of what swamp do these scumbags get their ethics? As a combat infantry platoon leader during the VN era I am dumb founded how good americans are able to over look the self serving history of this "Band of Bottomfeeders"for a few platatudes about being "born again" and exclamations of "praise the lord". Because of them this country has lost its moral gravatas and the religios right in this country has lost its soul.
1st Lt. Hank 3/32 Infantry Brigade, Ret.1971
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One can hope...
...that the republicans and their smarmy operatives will be hoist by their own petards come November and in 2008.
My guess is that there are still plenty of folk in this country that simply don't realize it will take generations to recover from this presidency. I just cannot fathom why people don't see the triumverate hands of Cheney, Rove and Rumsfeld up Bush's puppet butt and realize that they are blinded by their own paradigms.
In the global disappointment of Bush's re-election in 2004, I wrote in my blog: "It takes a village of idiots to elect the village idiot."
It's my fervant hope that the machiavellian machinations of rove and his minions blows up in their faces.
b
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Is this really good strategy?
With the country 60% against the war, this to me seems to be an uphill battle for the republicans. More and more republicans are becoming disatisfied intensely so with this administration. To their detriment, this party quite bullheadedly pushes forward. Jack Murtha is just really a distraction from the real issues. Which is what Carl Rove is also good at. He is able to frame the fight in which the opponent gets stuck within and has to talk about. But then common sense isn't being used in the republican party at the moment anyway. Should our fight be about "cut and run" or should it be about "Useless waste of lives and resources". By fighting in a war a lot of ugly things take place. I would rather fight terrorism than be fighting in Iraq.
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Fry the Chickens
As a Vietnam era veteran (1968 to 1972), I find the fascist fowl particularly disgusting. Those who never served, or dishonored themselves by failure to serve in a goldbrick rich-prick guard duty assignment like Mr. Mission Accomplished, can, individually and collectively, kiss my veteran ass. They can freedom kiss it. The vainly lost blood and the woldwide dishonor this fascist administration has brought on our brave military men and women is revolting in extremis. Impeachment is too good for these bastards, but it's a start....say next January, when the new Democratic majority in Congress can start issuing subpoenas and holding widely televised hearings. I long to see Dickless Cheney and Dummy Rumsfailed and flabby-assed little incurious Georgie himself, under oath and squirming like the vermin they are. Register. Vote Democrat. Get out the vote. You know damned well they'll try to steal the close districts and states like they have the last two election cycles. I rarely use the word hate, but I hate these fascists and what they have done to the country I served during a war I opposed. To the 30% or so that continue to support Bush: go straight to hell.
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TAKING THE EASY WAY
President Bush having decided to take the path of warmaking after the 9/11 attacks
had the opening before him to rise above the chaos of that awful time in modern
American history and display genuine leadership. This would not have required great
intellect nor magical effects of polished public speaking. It did require a solid
understanding of historical page turn and the abiltiy to enlist a forward thinking
and acting American agenda for this 21st century. Having settled on warmaking was
a choice out of several available responses. To have done so was his right as the
President. Where he fell down was in not putting in motion the war footing to back
up his choice. War taxation policies,economic rulemaking and bringing all Americans
into the thrust of a GWOT would have promoted shared sacrifice and giving up some
part of our lives for the common good. Instead of bringing back a national service
requirement in the form of a universal military draft Bush stayed with the volunteer
approach and its built-in social and economic caste system. Instead of supporting
warmaking with prudent fiscal policies of taxation and focused wartime spending
he went with monster deficit spending,tax cuts and more tax cuts. Instead of a
genuine appraisal of USA energy policy with new and meaningful energy imports slow
down,meaningful reduction of wasteful energy usage and steep vehicle mileage/fuel
use improvements we got little or nothing. Instead he has went with drill more,
find more and buy another energy guzzler while at it thinking. So now with the
invasion of Iraq having gone very sour he has little to show for the last 5 years
of his presidency. Jack Murtha then becomes the target of a political operation
that consistently has gone for the "easy" to retain politcal power. A political
operation very much reflective of Karl Roves base instincts for the untrue but easily
marketable smear or slam attack. The GOP has a big mess in the Middle East today
because it was easier to go for some cheap gains rather than gearup for the long
and hard goals. The GWOT is a barren and smoldering pile of broken down half-efforts
in Iraq. With what now has befallen Lebanon it is plainly evident that the USA has
lost its way in the Middle East. Lebanon was a good example of things getting
better for an Arab ME country. Several political creatures bound together perhaps not
perfectly in all ways but functioning and moving the country forward. Now within
a period of less than one month Israel has devastated Lebanon from the coast being
severely contaminated with oil to the destruction of the airport,bridges and many
large buildings. The rendering of Lebanons social fabric and the inexcusable and
barbaric attacks on civilians and children in particular. Bush is condoning it. The
GOP has a terrible record for the last 5 years in the Middle East. Jack Murtha has
been a profile of the lone sentry voicing alarm over the peril he sees. The cowards
know a real threat when confronted with one. They ought to be ashamed of themselves
but instead go for being defiant and devious. They will be known by their "easy" works.