Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Iraq... Six Years Of War

We have started our sixth year of war in Iraq, and people across America are now being asked if they think what we gained is worth the price we have paid.

What have we gained with five years of war in Iraq? What has happened that makes a trillion-dollar expenditure and 4,000 American dead worth it?

Saddam is dead. His two boys are dead.

Did we get the perpetrators and planners of 9-11? Did we capture or kill Osama? Have we eliminated the world-wide terrorist threat?

No, no, and no.

When you add the dead from the 911 attack to our military dead, Osama is responsible for the deaths of over 8,000 Americans, and the total just keeps rising.

Has Bush's war in Iraq put a stop to this? No.
Has Bush's war in Iraq succeeded in Capturing Osama? No.
Has Bush's war in Iraq defeated the Taliban in Afghanistan? No.
Has Bush's war in Iraq defeated Al Quaeda? No.

So exactly what has Bush's war in Iraq accomplished? Saddam and his boys are gone. That's it. Well, not really, Bush's war in Iraq has crippled our economy, wasted our military, turned the world against us, and destroyed America's stature and reputation.

Bush's war in Iraq had no real, provable justification. None. His outright lie about Saddam's WMD's has been proven to be just that: A huge lie. But to pay for Bush's big lie we have spent upwards of a trillion dollars, lost 4,000 American soldiers, and are starting our sixth year of occupation.

Oh yes... there was that oil situation that Bush's oil buddies wanted handled. Now we are paying four dollars a gallon for gas. Bush really handled that well... not for us citizens... But for his oil buddies.

Makes you start to realize that the only good solution for Bush and his vice-president is indeed impeachment and prison.

One other thing: Almost 70% of us now say that Bush's war was not worth the price we have - and are - paying. That simply means that 70% of us are NOT going to vote for Mr. hundred-year-war McCain.

So whoever gets the Democratic nomination is our next president.

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