posted March 29, 2003
We are at war, and never in U.S. history has a decision to enter battle ever been made by a man less qualified.
Dangled like a puppet on strings controlled by chicken hawks Cheney,
Rumsfeld and psychotic war mongers Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle and Elliot Abrams (all from his fatheršs suspect administration) President Bush lacks both the intellect and sophistication to fully understand the chaos this conflict will bring to the Middle East, and with it the the enmity of Muslims throughout the world.
In a mere 26 months this administration has caused world-wide upheaval as it unilaterally ripped up treaties and thumbed its nose at Palestine, North Korea and finally the United Nations. President Bush has squandered decades of love and admiration rightfully bestowed by a grateful world on a generous nation with his Texas swagger and the hypocrisy of "Compassionate
Lost in shallow memories are the reasons why this assault was ever planned in the first place - national politics and international oil.
As a nation we go about our business as though this were a video game; not
asked for any particular sacrifice, we are disconnected from the realities
of war. But as the wounded and dead slowly arrive home, we may begin to
understand the sacrifice so many have made to the few strutting egos that brought about this war.
Shattered bodies will greet their families while folded flags are gently pressed into grieving hands; only then may we wonder how we ever allowed this carnage to occur.
Don Coulson
don.coulson@verizon.net
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