To Die Hard Bush Supporters - Wake Up!

If I hear the Bushkies regurgitate their mantra "we're fighting them in Iraq so we don't have to fight them here!" one more time, I'm going to puke. First of all, who the hell are "them"? Bush attacked the ONLY nation in the region, except Israel, that did not have any Al Qaeda training camps, encampments or personnel of any kind! So who the hell did he intend to fight over there so we wouldn't fight "them" over here? It could not have been Bin Laden or Al Qaeda!

Bush knew Bin Laden and Al Qaeda were not in Iraq but he needed Congress and the American people to think that they were so that the Administration could fabricate additional reasons for attacking Iraq, along with their claims of WMD's and nukes. It was a good thing for them that they inclided this as one of their reasons because there were no WMD's or nukes and, even though this too was a lie, they brought it along for the ride. However, their plan to attack Iraq almost fell through when a CIA operative located Osama and several influential leaders of Al Qaeda at a meeting in the mountain stronghold of Tora Bora on the Afghanistan/Pakistani border. The CIA agent called for the deployment of drones to take out Bin Laden and the Al Qaeda leaders. He called the CIA command post in Afghanistan three times, each time giving the co-ordinates of the meeting location along with confirmation that it was indeed Osama Bin Laden. The CIA command post contacted the White House for the go-ahead to send the drones. That permission never came. Why not? Well, it may never be known for certain, but one explanation that fits and fits like a glove is that if they killed Bin Laden and some of the high ranking leaders of Al Qaeda, the administration would no longer have a reason to attack Iraq under the guise of "fighting them over there instead of over here."

Within weeks after taking office, Bush charged Vice President Cheney with conducting meetings to establish a national energy policy. These meetings were held in secret between Dick Cheney and the Presidents and CEOs of the major oil companies. The minutes of these meetings have remained secret despite repeated requests for them by Congressman Henry Waxman.

Could it be possible that George Bush, and select cabinet members; Richard Cheney, Karl Rove and Donald Rumsfeld, included as part of the energy plan the invasion of Iraq, to destabilize an already unstable region, cause fear and further unrest within the oil producing countries that would result in a significant increase in the price of oil per barrel with a resulting increase in the price of gasoline?

Now, admittedly, this sounds far fetched and I cannot begin to belive that an American sitting president would commit such a heinous crime in order to increase his family's, friend's, former employer's and, when he leaves office, his own wealth. I reject this notion, but want to know the real reason we attacked Iraq because it was none of the reasons given by the administration; they were all lies.

The World Awaits America's Next Move

It is fair and obvious to state that the level of unrest present in the Iraq/Iran/Pakistan/Syria region is the result of the Iraq invasion and subsequent occupation by the United State's military. As everyone knows, the removal of Saddam Hussein has allowed the many warring factions within Iraq the freedom to continue their hatred and killing of each other on religious grounds and a new opportunity for a winner take all victory to be the new dictator in Iraq.

The damage has been done and now we are sitting back wondering and arguing what to do next. Unfortunately, it is very close to a presidential election and the Iraq situation has become a political football and won't be seriously addressed until a new president takes over in January, 2009.

Someone in Congress needs to step up, begin SERIOUS bi-partisan talks to develop a plan addressing what we need to accomplish in Iraq, how long it will take, how many American military personnel are required, when can we reduce our forces, when can we expect to see positive results in our undertaking and an explanation of the plan contents and the reasons for believing why it will work . In so doing, it would show the American people and the world that our government is not an imperialistic one and is genuinely interested in bringing peace and stability to a nation where we have destroyed their way of life and brought severe suffering on its people. It would achieve work and input on a viable plan with bi-partisan buy in and have something in hand, ready for implementation by the new president and her/his administration. It would save lives as well as precious time to implement a workable solution to the worse problem caused by an American president. This time, our political "leaders" should try honesty and truth as it exists, pertaining to the present situation and not fill our ears with political garbage about weapons of mass destruction, fighting the enemy there rather than here and destroying an Al Qaeda stronghold.

Our real intentions for invading Iraq may never be known but our handling of the situation should be immediate and serious and with the full attention of the U.S. government. We owe this to the Iraqi's, the American people and the world.