It was 4 years ago today that this administration began the war in Iraq. We burned every alliance in the process. Our “Coalition of the Willing” has whithered in the desert heat of Iraq. Many have pulled out already. Many nations have had a change in leadership based on their support of Bush, Cheney and the Confederacy of Dunces that ran this war. Thousands of our brave soldiers have sacrificed everything. Five times as many have paid with parts of their bodies and minds. We continue to send more troops into this meat grinder for a conflict that has changed from an enforcement action to a liberation to a battle for hearts and minds to the main front in the global war on terror to a bloody civil war. The rate at which Americans are killed may have steadied, but the total keeps rising, while Iraqis die by the hundreds. The best answer that this administration can give is that we need to put more troops in harms way. If you press them for plan B, they will invariably reply that they won’t know until we get there.
This administration has not been right about anything in this war. There is no reason to believe that they are right this time. There is no reason to believe that they will ever be right. I’m sorry Mr. President, you have been too wrong, too many times. We do not trust you any more. You once said that you would keep going even if only Laura and Barney supported you. Barney is starting to have some concerns about your judgment. If this were a parliamentary system of government, you would be in the Hague already. Get those brave men and women serving in the military home for Christmas. Honor them in deeds, not just words.
I have made the banner on DelawareLiberal black in honor of the brave men and women that have sacrificed their lives, limbs, families and well-being for this ill-conceived war. The banner will remain black for one week in their honor.