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2007-03-19

Good morning Boys and Girls.

Happy anniversary.

Four years ago, I'd just moved to Florida, and I mean "just" - like a day or two before.

Sat and watched Shock and Awe like so many of the rest of us. Then over the next weeks got used to the 24-7 coverage, a never-ending video-magazine article of the proof of American military might.

Watched "Embedded" Newspeople.

Saw the statue come down.

Heard they'd fired the entire Iraqi Army... huh? The same guys who'd come running to surrender ten years earlier during the first gulf war?

Heard the predictions the war would be virtually free to wage because of the Oil - this, not from some oil company executive, but from the administration.

Started hearing our guys and girls weren't being provided with the proper equipment.

Heard the Prez. insist that no tax raise would be enacted to pay for the war, nor would there be a draft.

Ah, I thought, I get it. It's for show.

It was. It is and it will be - unless and until all Americans are asked to provide their own loved ones as cannon fodder (or IED fodder) and their own bread and money to ensure a quick, swift and complete victory.

Problem. No way to define victory. We stabilize Iraq? The people we should have been going after in the first place simply move elsewhere.

That's a fact.

We can't kill off people we don't know about, and we only know about the people who've decided to let us see their current actions. Plus, we've created generations of people who will happily grow into enemies of the U.S.

(Still recommend John Steinbeck's "The Moon Is Down." Written at the behest of the administration during WWII, it instructs about the impossibility of ever changing the hearts and minds of the citizens of an occupied country - no matter the occupying force.)

It's not nearly as complicated as they'd like us to believe.

This is a show war. What did Bush say at Christmas time this year? Go fight terrorism by buying more Christmas presents?

And we still have 80 - 100  million people who support this action?

Is that possible?

Of course.

Want me to support the War?

1. Conscript every kid for two years of service the minute they turn 18
2. Tax everyone an extra 15% to cover the costs

Ya know, like it's a real war.

Either it is an action that justifies real and tangible sacrifice from all of us, or it isn't justifiable at all.

Be good to everyone.

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surrogate (2007-03-20)
I agree elvenbeads.

Elvenbeads (2007-03-20)
I agree as well, but think you can support the troops and yet NOT support what GWB has done to fuel this war. I hope our troops could home safe, whole and safe, but i wish we'd stop fighting this way. whats it all for now?

Spirited Minikin (2007-03-19)
Thanks for answering...I feel the same way as you...so do my parents, my husband, my friends, and pretty much every other sound-minded individual I come into contact with regularly...people hate it...so why does it seem like it's getting worse instead of better? And who is actually running that freak show? I don't get the impression that GWB has the ambition or intelligence to do it...unless you count his con smarts, I guess.

surrogate (2007-03-19)
I think it's long past time to get out. Just because this administration claims our leaving would leave a certain catstrophy, I'm not convinced that's so. Unfortunately I base my contention at least partially on the fact that they've either lied or been completely wrong about every aspect of this war - from conception through the execution - thus far. I'm not a pacifist, but this is simply a sin, and has been since the get-go. Whatever hell we reap in the long run because of this stupidity, we'll have earned big-time. I'm sorry you've lost friends in such a horrific cause. They might as well have been in the Twin Towers for all the good this war has done.

Spirited Minikin (2007-03-19)
Conscripting 18-year-olds and taxing is a good idea and would be a step in the right direction...of course, anything but what GWB and Company are doing would be a step in the right direction. It's weird...like they're pretending to be playing Monopoly or some twisted role play game where do-overs are an option. Scary thing is this is real life and now there's no undoing the damage they've done...it absolutely positively freaks me out. Surrogate, do you think pulling all troops out of Iraq is an option? Or do they need to "stay the course"? These are honest questions...two boys I went to high school with have died...and my high school only had 300 people...so that's pretty big. And I'm hoping this isn't going on in ten years when my oldest stepson is able to join the military (he wants to be like his daddy)....

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