I'll be right upfront about this: I think our current President of the United States is a marble mouthed chimp who managed to stay in office because there are enough simpletons in middle America that voted a straight party line without considering the alternatives. And if that didn't shoot my credibility to hell, here's my main point.
In his "plan" for the Iraq War, President Bush wants to commit another 20,000 or so troops to Iraq. The Democrats of Congress, who have had just about enough of being slapped around like Tina Turner, have stood up and collectively said "Nuh-uh." They're not going to give the President a blank check to wear his cowboy hat, fire pistols in the air and yell "Yee-haw!" while he tries to slap a Band-aid on the problem.
President Bush's reply is "Well, what would YOU do about it?" Don't fall for that. You don't have to step in a pile of dog mess to know that it smells like crap, and President Bush is trying to dodge the issue by putting the question on the party in power. Whether the Democrats want to convert all of Iraq to Christianity, or raze the whole thing and put in a Muslim-themed amusement park doesn't matter; they don't have to answer a fallacious question like "If you don't like my plan, why don't you come up with something?" Because they already have: not supplying an infinite number of people to stay around and make sure that Iraq grows in the President's wishes.
Soldiers are not Army Men. When they get shot, or run over, or other horrible circumstances, they get hurt, and die. I don't think the President grasps this. To him, the Army really is the equivalent of a bunch of two-inch tall green guys that will go back into the white tub after playtime is over.
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Well said. I am sick to death of the "We should stick with the Republicans because they at least have a plan, the Democrats have nothing" argument.
Sending more troops may or may not be a good idea, but I think we need a clearer picture of what we're trying to accomplish first.
Praise be. Finally someone who gets the idea. Instead, we have a bull-headed twerp who says "I'm in charge, and by God we're gonna bring democracy to the mid-east."
The problem is I think there are too many sheep whose bleating drowns out the voice of the rational people.
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