Serving the truth for a better America

• This, all started with 911, right ?
  Absolutely not, that is part of the big Bush lie. President Bush wanted to attack Iraq, ever since his father found out about a plot to kill him by Saddam. What happened on 911, was what the president used to rally America into war. The day after 911, President bush stood at the ruins of the twin trade center, and told us, “I will find the people who did this, and bring them to justice”. Shortly afterwards, the intelligence reports indicated exactly who did plan, and carried out the attack on us, on 911. It was not done by Iraqis, in fact, eighteen, of the nineteen hijackers were Saudi nationals, (Bush’s buddies), and the nineteenth one was a citizen of Dubai. None of them had ever been to Iraq, actually, Bin Laudin is the son of the Royal Saudi Family. The plan was hatched in Afghanistan. The facts are, Saddam hated Al Qaeda, and had several of them killed.
• Are we really, "At War" ?
  No, in fact, we haven’t been at war since WW2. Only congress has the power to declare war, and has not done that. The term “war”, is used by the Bush administration for much more sinister reasons. By telling us we are, “at war”, they can, and do subvert our constitution. For example, the Patriot act, a noble name given to the most treasonous of acts, ever committed on our constitution. The FISA laws takes away our right to privacy. If our forefathers were alive today, they would be calling for the immediate hanging of all those who signed the Patriot Act. The use of the term, “at war”, has also allowed the bush administration to re-defined the word, “torture”, and has completely ignored the Geneva Convention, something our country used to hold dear. The, “Use of Force Resolution” is often used as justification for our invasion of Iraq, however, if you read the first line of the document, you see the flaw. “To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the recent attacks launched against the United States”. The attacks on 911 had, absolutely nothing to do with Iraq.
• Are we really winning in Iraq ?
  Of course not, lets take the, “surge” to begin with. President Bush told us, the reason for the surge was to, “give enough breathing room for the Iraqi government, (or what’s left of it), to achieve the reconciliation it must to provide, and protect itself”. They have not, in fact, the Iraqi government promptly, took a six week vacation, as soon as the, “surge” began, and has yet to do any of the reconciliation they promised us they would do. About, thirty thousand troops were added into Iraq for the surge, and we are told, “we are seeing, (some progress)”. Guess what, “some progress”, doesn’t cut the mustard. Since, the, “surge”, was based on the Iraqis doing something, anything to help with reconciliation, and has not, the only conclusion is, the “surge”, is indeed, a total failure. I have been trying to get the exact meaning of, “winning” in Iraq, and have, of yet, failed. The Bush administration, and the Iraqi government put together a clear set of benchmarks to measure the progress in Iraq. Of the 18 benchmarks, only 3 of them have been achieved so far, and the prospects for anymore of them being met, are very poor, at best. Now, the administration will tell you, “we are making progress in Iraq”, however, the fact that, only half as many of our troops are being killed there, does not signify any progress what so ever. If the Iraqi people wont stand up, and learn the cost of freedom, there is nothing, but failure left. Imagine, your boss giving you 18 benchmarks to meet, and 6 months to meet them, and after the 6 months, you tell your boss, yes, I have only hit 3 of the 18 benchmarks, but I am only, losing half as many of my staff so, that shows I am making progress. You would be promptly, terminated, (of course). Lets look at the facts, about, four thousand of our brave troops have lost their lives in Iraq, about, fifty thousand of our troops are injured badly. Americas bombing of Iraq has left its infrastructures in ruins, there is little, to no running water. Electricity, is on, about two hours a day, in the areas that do have it back at all. George Bush’s war has left two million Iraqi’s, living as refugees, and created an unknown number of militants, hell bent on the destruction of America. Government corruption is rampant throughout Iraq, Our troops, working with the Iraqi army, and police forces, cannot tell them where our troops are going, for safety reasons. If they do, the Iraqis tell the insurgents when, and where our troops will be, and IED’s are set up, and attacks are carried out, resulting in more of our troops being killed.
• What is our mission in Iraq ?
  That’s an interesting question. Because, it’s a perpetual war, the mission keeps changing. Lets go over some of the, “missions”, in order. First, the mission was, “to get weapons of mass destruction”, there was none, so the mission was changed to, “regime change”. After the capture of Saddam, the mission was changed to, “install a democratic government”, we did, and they voted three times. Next, the mission was changed to, “train, and assist the Iraqis, so they can sustain, and protect themselves”. The failure of the Iraqis to “stand up, so that we could step down”, left us with a new mission, here, is where it gets confusing, our latest mission, depending on, who you talk to is, “win the hearts, and minds of the Iraqis”. Recently, the last few soldiers I spoke to told me, their new mission is, “to not get killed”. Its not likely, we will be winning the hearts, and minds of the Iraqi people right away, their last vote was, over 75 percent of Iraqis wanted us out of Iraq, and 70 percent of them said, it was O.K. to kill Americans.
• Do we feel safer now ?
  No, in fact, while the administration has been using the fear of attack, in all of its justification to continue this mess, they have left our borders wide open at the same time as they inflamed the rest of the world. The border fence, that we were supposed to have up now, hasn’t happened, only thirteen miles of the fence have been built to date, and it doesn’t look like any more will be done. Bush’s, perpetual war, has generated untold numbers of new militants, who wish to join the terrorist organizations, in order to join their jihad with America. The administration has tried to sell off the protection of our seaports, airports, and borders to foreign powers, many of them are in the middle east. President Bush, has been spending our money like a drunken sailor. He was handed a two trillion dollar surplus when he took office, and has turned that into a eight trillion dollar debt to countries like China, and Japan.
• Will the Democrats get us out of Iraq ?
  Not likely, the front runners have all refused to commit to having our troops out of Iraq by the year, 2013. They know, as the Bush administration does, that there is a lot of money to be made personally through stock investments from perpetual war. They also, seem to care about our troops, and their families, about the same as President bush does, (not one bit), as shown by their constant rubber stamping of his war, and providing the funding for it to continue.
• Can I support the troops, and not the mission ?
  Of course, it’s been the practice of the Bush administration, to question the patriotism of anyone who questions them, or the policy that got us into Iraq. It’s impossible for most of us to understand how, leaving our troops in the middle of a bloody civil war, to be used as cannon fodder for a failed policy, is, in any way, supporting them. The troops have performed superbly, brilliantly, considering they are using rules of engagements that are similar to those used by rent-a-cops in public schools. My complaints are not with our brave troops, they are directed at the generals who continue to push the failed Bush policy.
• How can we stop president Bush’s failure in Iraq ?
  There are two different choices congress has to stop it. One is, stop funding it, but this makes people think the troops will suffer from food, or ammunition shortages. That would not happen, in fact, the costs for those supplies, and the transport back to America were front loaded into the costs for engagement. The other way to end it, is for congress to forbid the president to continue the operation. This, is how the Vietnam war was finally ended, and will most likely, be the way this ends, too.
• What will happen when we do leave Iraq ?
  Here is the rub, when we leave, (and we will at some point), the Iraqis will have to stand up, and protect themselves, if they don’t, there will be a bloodbath. This will occur, regardless, if we leave next week, next year, or fifty years from now. The only way to end a civil war, is for one side to win, and another to lose. The Iraqi people have failed to go for diplomacy, or reconciliation. Other nations may invade Iraq in the power vacuum that results from our departure. Unfortunately, the idiots that lied us into this mess, didn’t think ahead enough to come up with any type of exit plan. Most likely, when we leave, we will threaten to attack any nation who attacks Iraq, and hope that works.
• Is President Bush trying to get us into war with Iran?
  Yes, Bush, is ramping up the rhetoric, and lies to get us into, yet, another war, based on faulty intelligence. I have at ask myself, “Is God telling bush to invade Iran, too”? There is no proof at all, of a nuclear weapons program in Iran. Extreme caution should be used, this time. Iran has a million man Army, about, five thousand fighter aircraft, and a big Navy, and at least, three kilo class submarines. They also, manufacture all sizes of missiles, and have stock piles so large, they would make Dick Cheney froth at the mouth. It is mind boggling, to think, after being involved in two failures in the middle east, we would consider a third flop, this one with real punch.
• Is President Bush insane ?
  Well, the definition of insanity is, repeating the same action, and expecting a different outcome, you decide. One thing we do know is, Bush will do whatever it takes to get his way, he will use slogans, blatant lies, or deception, or subversion. Bush, has already been busy trying to persuade us, that Iran is a threat to America, and the rest of the world, by mentioning WW3, and the old mushroom cloud nonsense, again. Apparently, only the United States is supposed to have stock piles of weapons, and attempt to direct what other countries should do.
• Do I support the troops ?
  Of course I do, what a stupid question to ask. Leave the troops out of this debate. I love our troops. They have done their job brilliantly, as always. This is not about the troops, this is about the failed policy that put them in harms way. The failure of the Iraqi people to stand up, and fight for their own freedom is why the “war” is a failure. Don’t you dare question my patriotism, because I question the imbicils who sent our troops into harms way, without a plan, or clear mission, or proper training, and equipment.

The Top Ten Bush Lies
Most Iraqis want us out of Iraq, now
Americans, don't think we are winning the "war on terror"
The surge isnt working
Iran's military
Use of Force Resolution S. J. RES. 23
GENEVA CONVENTION

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