Strike Three

Three strikes and you’re out. Both Houses of Congress have been controlled by the Republicans for more than a decade. George Bush has been president for almost six years. Early in his tenure Mr. Bush identified Iraq, Iran and North Korea as the Axis of Evil. It has been more than five years since 9/11 and, sadly, his record in dealing with the Axis is abysmal.

Iraq’s government was toppled in 2003 and it was discovered that the stated reason for the U.S. attack could not be supported. There were no WMD and no connection could be made between Saddam’s government and al Qaeda. We are now going on four years of occupying the country and even the Republican Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, John Warner, views the situation on the ground as dire and approaching civil war.

Iran is alleged to have supported Hezbollah in its attack on Israel and is perceived to have been the big winner in the Middle East situation. The Iranians are thumbing their noses at President Bush and our European allies as Tehran marches toward the development of what the U.S. alleges are nuclear weapons.

North Korea is reported to have set off a nuclear weapon test last night. This is stated by the president to be unacceptable to the U.S. He’s writing a strong letter to them telling them they can’t do this. Better post date it!

We have 140,000 troops bogged down in Iraq. The situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated over the past six months. We are 3,000 American deaths into these two conflicts with more than 20,000 wounded. We are spending $2 billion per week in these wars and have a long term obligation of $2 trillion as a result. Almost 50,000 innocent Iraqis are dead and countless thousands are homeless.

We now face a national referendum on Bush and the Republicans and their control of both the Executive and Legislative Branches of the federal government. The position of the Republicans is that they are the party of national security.

Have I missed something? Vote Democrat! They have to be able to do better than the sorry job the Republicans have done over these past six years.

Blog on!

Wild Bill