There are times when you just can`t hold it in any longer.

[democrank]

Several years ago one of the top two Democratic presidential candidates assisted Junior Bush with his plan to invade and occupy Iraq. Since then, tens of thousands of people have been killed, maimed or emotionally scarred. Every day in Iraq, despair is multiplied with new orphans huddled in an alley, new body parts strewn on the roadway. Solid Iraqi citizens have morphed into stunned nomads and a beautiful country has been reduced to smoldering rubble. Bush did this and his enablers allowed it.

In our country, soldiers have been sent to Iraq for three, four, five, six tours, children have spent month after month without one or both parents, our surplus has vanished, our reputation ruined. The neo-con cakewalk, Shock and Awe, was the biggest foreign policy disaster in our nation`s history. In order to make this wretched mess palatable, Junior Bush declared America a sacrifice-free zone (except for military families) and instructed us to just go shopping. Perfect. Admire the new gas grill and forget what you heard about Abu Gharib. No caskets? No problem.

My precious grandson was a few months old when Bush invaded Iraq. He`ll start first grade come September. That`s how long we`ve been bombing and killing....and borrowing to pay for it. That`s how long our military families and the Iraqis have been suffering. That`s how long Junior has been riding his mountain bike. I don`t give a sweet damn about some consultant`s rehearsed nuance. Who`s accountable for this horrific fiasco? Give me their names so they`ll never get my vote.

We have grown so accustomed to not making waves that even when faced with our own party being hijacked by power-hungry Neo-Con wannabees, we simply plan our next Love-In or Heal-In. We just cheer on old Big Dawg and The Little Mrs. no matter what lie is told, no matter what damage is done. Apparently it`s "The Party" before "The Principles." Wow. Now that`s something to be proud of. Go along to get along. Just like Iraq. Just like the torture planes. Just like the Plame outing. Just like the Patriot Act. Just like warrantless wiretaps. Get us a big old herd of Win-At-All-Cost-ers and call it toughness. Or maybe diversity.

[thunder rising]

1. One edit "Neo-Con wannabees"; these are not the wannabees in power, they are the real killers

[alphafemale]

2. My son was a few months old when Bush the 1st invaded Iraq,

I knew then that the bastard had started something that would carry on long enough to possibly carry off my son.

I wasn't wrong.

He's going to be 18 in a few days and we all know what's going on.

[patrice]

3. "... not FOR war..." But supported the CHANCE that all of the Horrible things that have happened

would happen. That chance had to have been something like a 50:50 probability that War would happen. Some would say that is indeterminent, but in light of the consequences, the risk was toooooooo high. Why did she take this gamble? Because she planned on running for pResident and the people she was listening to told her that she had to be "strong on defense". Why such a smart woman could not figure out a better way to be "strong on defense" bespeaks her ambitions again.

[butterfly77]

4. I agree..

I can't understand how everyone seems to be bowing to this woman,if she is acting like this now we can see what she will be like if she were to become president. No one can tell her anything and from the looks of it she has a lot of crooks and liars in her camp..

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. However, both candidates voted to fund it, after it was a war.