President George W. Bush yesterday corrupted one of the most sacred holidays of the United States by using it as an opportunity to attack the patriotism of the critics of his Iraq War policy.
That Mr. Bush has been floundering is beyond question, but by his low road attack on those who questioned his decision to invade Iraq he has announced that he is drowning. Iraq has turned out to be a disaster. Two thousand American deaths, many more thousand wounded and injured, twenty thousand innocent Iraqis dead and countless wounded, our armed forces stretched and floundering in an environment in which they are at great disadvantage, and, of course, our treasury bleeding dollars – all this and more are the fault of George W. Bush.
Now Mr. Bush is seeking company in the cold dark water and is attempting to drag in the Congress and especially the Democrats into the deep with him. They had the same intelligence and they voted for the resolution in favor of the attack. Sounds Good! But it won’t wash!
The Congress, including many Republicans, hardly wanted to invade Iraq. Anyone with half a memory and brain will recall the pressure being applied to the legislators by George Bush’s administration. The hysterical performance by Bush’s Secretary of State at the U.N. in New York was merely the most outstanding act among thousands describing the imminent danger posed by Saddam. If that wasn’t a cooked presentation there never has been one.
As he fell back from imminent the danger of weapons of mass destruction to the folly of bringing democracy into the heart of a civilization that rejects us and our values, George Bush has done everything in his power to spread the blame for his fiasco. But yesterday he reached a new low by invoking the casualties already suffered and the deaths yet to come and laying them at his critics’ doors.
Shame on you, President Bush!
Blog on!
Wild Bill
