When I began this blog in 2001, I was appalled by President Bush's headlong rush to an illegal war (we were not in fact under attack). As time wore on and Bush began his assault on the Constitution and any people bold enough to criticize, I believed that "the republic is endangered more by actions of our own government than by those of any terrorist." With the election of a high-minded, compassionate, intelligent man like Barack Obama, my fears have ceased.
"Honor them with peace, not war"
United for Peace
Saturday, October 11, 2003
Yep, it looks as though the Bush administration is on the run. Although the majority of Americans are still unaware they have been lied to and manipulated, just enough of the Big Lie is coming undone that several Administration people were out giving defensieve speeches the last few days.
Dick Cheney, says the New York Times, was 'ridiculing' his opponents in a speech before the friendly right-wing Heritage Foundation. Ridicule is the weapon of the weak (look at me: I ridicule Bush all the time, and I'm definitely not in power down there).
How would you know if Cheney was speaking the truth when he stated there are weapons of mass destruction, there are biological warfare labs, there is the wherewithal to create nuclear weapons? How could you be sure? You get to this section:
In fact a great many foreign government opposed our unilateral entry into Iraq. This was not a case of one opposing country standing against united world opinion. Indeed, a vast array of countries had deep reservations about the U.S. attacking unilaterally. Some offered cautious conditional support if the UN backed a move. And ok, France is a member of the Security Council -- France our lasting ally, whom the US ensured would be there -- and France opposed an Iraq attack.
I conside this an utter failure of the Bush administration foreign policy. Their stated goal was suspect, their ulterior motives deeply suspected by other countries, and their methods all wrong.
To Bush,Cheney, Rumsfeld and the rest of the gang: a giant raspberry BBBBRZAQCK
Copyright © 2001-03 Pam Shorey
(except the specific sources credited in quotes)
On the run
Yep, it looks as though the Bush administration is on the run. Although the majority of Americans are still unaware they have been lied to and manipulated, just enough of the Big Lie is coming undone that several Administration people were out giving defensieve speeches the last few days.
Dick Cheney, says the New York Times, was 'ridiculing' his opponents in a speech before the friendly right-wing Heritage Foundation. Ridicule is the weapon of the weak (look at me: I ridicule Bush all the time, and I'm definitely not in power down there).
How would you know if Cheney was speaking the truth when he stated there are weapons of mass destruction, there are biological warfare labs, there is the wherewithal to create nuclear weapons? How could you be sure? You get to this section:
The United States is committed to multilateral action wherever possible, yet this commitment does not require us to stop everything and neglect our own defense merely on the say-so of a single foreign government. [ read more ]'A single foreign goverment ' opposed our entry into Iraq? To review the opposition in the weeks and months leading up to the Iraq invasion, take a look at this rundown offered by BBC-News. You know.
In fact a great many foreign government opposed our unilateral entry into Iraq. This was not a case of one opposing country standing against united world opinion. Indeed, a vast array of countries had deep reservations about the U.S. attacking unilaterally. Some offered cautious conditional support if the UN backed a move. And ok, France is a member of the Security Council -- France our lasting ally, whom the US ensured would be there -- and France opposed an Iraq attack.
I conside this an utter failure of the Bush administration foreign policy. Their stated goal was suspect, their ulterior motives deeply suspected by other countries, and their methods all wrong.
To Bush,Cheney, Rumsfeld and the rest of the gang: a giant raspberry BBBBRZAQCK
Palema
5:45 AM
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