Enemies not in Iraq
The Guardian has some interesting coverage on President George W. Bush and Dick Cheney's stinging backlash against critics of the Iraq war.
Naturally,Cheney would snap back at the critics. His choice of words to describe them was interesting though. Words like "opportunists" come up, and he describes critical politicians as being forgetful and spineless. I would think that if they have the drive to talk out against the Bush Administrations actions, and their handling of Iraq, they would be many things. Spineless and forgetful wouldn't be two of them.
Cheney is right though, many of the politicians who are now critisizing Bush originally supported him in the motion to oust Saddam Hussain with military force if he didn't comply with UN resolutions. However, that mission has been over for a while now, and nobody can erase that image of President Bush standing on the deck of an aircraft carrier with the giant red words "Mission Accomplished," emblazoned behind him.
The war to oust Saddam Hussein has been fought and won already, so I believe its fair for politicians to be asking their President why American soldiers are still fighting and dying in the streets and deserts of Iraq. I'm waiting for Cheney to start lashing the so called "liberal media," for criticizing the government, and undermining American soldiers. Common Dreams, an alternative, and heavily biased news outlet, has an article that would start just such a fire under Bush and Cheney's Cauldron.
I've always been of an opinion that the best thing politicians can do for their soldiers is to keep asking questions. Why are they where they are? Who are they fighting? When are they coming home? Anything less would demean them as tools; something less than human beings. When there comes a time when the answers to these questions aren't acceptable, or there just aren't any answers, it's time for the boys to come home.
Naturally,Cheney would snap back at the critics. His choice of words to describe them was interesting though. Words like "opportunists" come up, and he describes critical politicians as being forgetful and spineless. I would think that if they have the drive to talk out against the Bush Administrations actions, and their handling of Iraq, they would be many things. Spineless and forgetful wouldn't be two of them.
Cheney is right though, many of the politicians who are now critisizing Bush originally supported him in the motion to oust Saddam Hussain with military force if he didn't comply with UN resolutions. However, that mission has been over for a while now, and nobody can erase that image of President Bush standing on the deck of an aircraft carrier with the giant red words "Mission Accomplished," emblazoned behind him.
The war to oust Saddam Hussein has been fought and won already, so I believe its fair for politicians to be asking their President why American soldiers are still fighting and dying in the streets and deserts of Iraq. I'm waiting for Cheney to start lashing the so called "liberal media," for criticizing the government, and undermining American soldiers. Common Dreams, an alternative, and heavily biased news outlet, has an article that would start just such a fire under Bush and Cheney's Cauldron.
I've always been of an opinion that the best thing politicians can do for their soldiers is to keep asking questions. Why are they where they are? Who are they fighting? When are they coming home? Anything less would demean them as tools; something less than human beings. When there comes a time when the answers to these questions aren't acceptable, or there just aren't any answers, it's time for the boys to come home.
posted by Geoff at 9:23 AM
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