And So It Goes

Another 23 American soldiers were killed in Iraq over the weekend. Already, part of the new "surge" of 21,000 US troops is arriving there. We have a president who doesn't listen to the people nor does he care what they think. All that seems to matter to him and his fellow neo-cons is their unfaltering dedication to the path they have deemed as right. Even as they insist on imposing democracy on a country and region that doesn't want it and never asked for it, with every violation of our liberties, they erode the very democracy we as Americans hold dear here at home.

Stop the Madness

The war in Iraq continues. Yesterday seventy Iraqi citizens were blown up in suicide car bombings, today another thirty were killed. At least four American soldiers were killed yesterday. When a war of choice goes this terribly wrong, it needs to be ended without delay. If this were a war forced upon our country, as World War II seems to have been, we should fight it through to victory. But when we invade a country, unprovoked, as we did Iraq in 2003, and it becomes a national nightmare, our government must admit its mistake and bring our soldiers home, out of harm’s way. I would campaign for George W. Bush’s impeachment if it didn’t mean we would then also have to impeach Dick Cheney. What a mess!