No Excuse for Bush’s Iraq Incompetence
No Excuse for Bush’s Iraq Incompetence
Yet another report has come from inside the Bush administration revealing that there was very little planning done for post-war Iraq. In response to such reports, President Bush has previously offered two myths:
1) He simply made a miscalculation about what the conditions in post-war Iraq would be. “Mr. Bush also acknowledged for the first time that he made a ‘miscalculation of what the conditions would be‘ in postwar Iraq.”
2) The intelligence agencies got it wrong. Bush: “It is true that much of the intelligence turned out to be wrong. As President, I’m responsible for the decision to go into Iraq — and I’m also responsible for fixing what went wrong by reforming our intelligence capabilities.â€
While the intelligence agencies did make certain mistakes with regards to Iraqi weapons programs, they were on the mark about Bush’s incompetent pre-war planning. Bush did not make a “miscalculationâ€; he simply ignored report after report warning of future perils that would result from an Iraq invasion. The evidence is below:
2006
The Bush administration never drew up a comprehensive plan for rebuilding Iraq after the March 2003 invasion, which contributed to a severe shortage of skilled federal workers in Baghdad and to the mismanagement of the country’s oil money, according to a new government report. [Washington Times, 2/28/06]
2005
A review by former intelligence officers has concluded that the Bush administration ‘apparently paid little or no attention’ to prewar assessments by the Central Intelligence Agency that warned of major cultural and political obstacles to stability in postwar Iraq. [NYT, 10/13/05]
2004
The same intelligence unit that produced a gloomy report in July about the prospect of growing instability in Iraq warned the Bush administration about the potential costly consequences of an American-led invasion two months before the war began, government officials said Monday. [NYT, 9/28/04]
2003
A secret report for the Joint Chiefs of Staff lays the blame for setbacks in Iraq on a flawed and rushed war-planning process that ‘limited the focus’ for preparing for post-Saddam Hussein operations. [Washington Times, 9/3/03]
A yearlong State Department study predicted many of the problems that have plagued the American-led occupation of Iraq, according to internal State Department documents and interviews with administration and Congressional officials. [NYT, 10/19/03]
UPDATE:
“U.S. intelligence agencies repeatedly warned the White House beginning more than two years ago that the insurgency in Iraq had deep local roots, was likely to worsen and could lead to civil war, according to former senior intelligence officials who helped craft the reports.” [Knight Ridder, 2/28/06]
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I am the President. I can do whatever I want. Any problems? Americans gave me mandate to mess around with the world. And I will. Fool me once, fool me…
February 28th, 2006 at 1:14 pmHe should go to prison. All of them. They are murderous war criminals. The latest Zogby poll states 85% of soldiers believe they are fighting Saddam as retaliation for 911.
February 28th, 2006 at 1:17 pmSince Bush was talking straight to his “higher father” – Lord Jesus, he just did not have to pay attention to facts. His higher calling is all that mattered. And the morons Americans follwed him to the promise land.
February 28th, 2006 at 1:17 pmYou mean Harken and Arbusto weren’t big enough clues that this would happen (failure in Iraq)?
February 28th, 2006 at 1:17 pmWe would rather you did not assume responsibility for reforming the intelligence gathering apparatus in the country.
February 28th, 2006 at 1:18 pmAssuming you could fix intelligence gathering would imply you had some yourself, and as you have so ably demonstrated you do not, stick to the mountain biking on deserted back roads please.
Worst. President. EVER!
February 28th, 2006 at 1:21 pmIt is all about priorities. When Iraq was invaded the primary goal of this administration was to make money and I don’t think anyone could dispute the fact that a lot of money has been and is being made. No effort is being made at even seeming competent in other areas – that would just take focus away from the main goal.
February 28th, 2006 at 1:23 pmYet another report has come from inside the Bush administration revealing that there was very little planning done for post-war Iraq.
“very little planning”? This is a very shocking revelation. At least for me.
I was under the impression there was no planning done at all: It was all wishful thinking based on dreamy ideas of roses tossed under the troops’ feet on their way to Baghdad. Everything else would take care of itself. No plans needed.
February 28th, 2006 at 1:25 pmWorst King ever
February 28th, 2006 at 1:25 pmBush blew it. The Emperor has had his way with Iraq. But like many Emperors, he’s only interested in how it looks. Reality? Caligula showed Bush what’s important to Emperors.
Meanwhile, Iraq has fallen into civil war:
Grisly attacks and other sectarian violence unleashed by last week’s bombing of a Shiite Muslim shrine have killed more than 1,300 Iraqis, making the past few days the deadliest of the war outside of major U.S. offensives, according to Baghdad’s main morgue. The toll was more than three times higher than the figure previously reported by the U.S. military and the news media…
[from: http://gnn.tv/headlines/7892/Toll_in_Iraq_s_Deadly_Surge_1_300 ]
February 28th, 2006 at 1:26 pmWe (the Blue states) should just secede and let the Red state Bible-thumpers have this ridiculous buffoon be their leader.
February 28th, 2006 at 1:26 pmBush has no plan its all based ‘easy certainty’ and ‘instinct’
That which he calls a ‘Course’
February 28th, 2006 at 1:28 pmTonight, Elizabeth Vargas interviews the Chimp on World News Tonight. I’m sure the Chimp will have the usual
Bubble answers to any questions being asked.
I also hope she doesn’t ask any softball questions and instead gets tough with him on the Ports, Iraq, Katrina, race relations, economy, and his own stupidity. I also hope she kicks his ass on gun control, especially since her husband was shot and nearly killed last year during an attempted robbery.
February 28th, 2006 at 1:28 pmYes, the Iraq war was BASED ON LIES.
85% of the troops in Iraq think the invasion was to retaliate for Saddam’s role in the 9/11 attacks.
Now just where would they get that idea?
February 28th, 2006 at 1:30 pmI can see it now…
The military commanders who “never asked for increased boots on the ground”…
…are going to be blamed for Iraq’s failure…
February 28th, 2006 at 2:34 pmThe New York Review of Books:
In his State of the Union address, President Bush told his Iraq critics, “Hindsight is not wisdom and second-guessing is not a strategy.” His comments are understandable. Much of the Iraq fiasco can be directly attributed to Bush’s shortcomings as a leader. Having decided to invade Iraq, he failed to make sure there was adequate planning for the postwar period. He never settled bitter policy disputes among his principal aides over how postwar Iraq would be governed; and he allowed competing elements of his administration to pursue diametrically opposed policies at nearly the same time. He used jobs in the Coalition Provisional Authority to reward political loyalists who lacked professional competence, regional expertise, language skills, and, in some cases, common sense. Most serious of all, he conducted his Iraq policy with an arrogance not matched by political will or military power.
The Mess
By Peter W. Galbraith
My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope
by L. Paul Bremer III with Malcolm McConnell
Simon and Schuster, 417 pp., $27.00
The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq
February 28th, 2006 at 2:34 pmby George Packer
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 467 pp., $26.00
this is not pertaining to the headline and apologize for that. i would like to know if anyone saw the interview with kukuyama, i believe his name is, one of the orchestrators of neo-con. i was unable to see all of it. i would like to know his final thought about neo-con since he is a “co-father” to the writings. is he ashamed of being behind the writings or just that bush used it wrong therefore he is feeling shamed of the neo-con ideology.
February 28th, 2006 at 2:43 pmbush’s ultimate excuse, unfortunately, is a valid one: he was elected and re-elected. He is most definitely the worst president ever but, as history will attest, america is the worst its ever been.
How can we whine about bush and his administration not accepting responsibility when we refuse to do the same?
February 28th, 2006 at 2:44 pmMay America get a decent president with decent foreign policies next time if there is a next time as Iran are not backing down on their rights to use Nuclear Fuel ..and Bush and Rice have 75 million to play head games with
February 28th, 2006 at 2:44 pmRead State Of War by James Risen.
The intentional disregard for intelligence analysis that was contradictory to the pre-determined goals the Bush administration (i.e. Cheney/Rumsfeld) had from the get go is embarassing.
Bush cherry picked the info the CIA offered, only using the pieces that supported his ideas (offered up by junior staffers looking to get their name out there) and ignored more detailed analysis by senior officials because it wasn’t what he wanted to hear.
This administration is 100% to blame for the quagmire that they’re in. The saddest part is that they were told ahead of time that they’d be in this mess, and they plugged their fingers in their ears and hummed “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.”
February 28th, 2006 at 2:45 pmThis is what happens when you put a dry drunk cheerleading awol idiot in charge of a Nation. He’s never been responsible for any of his actions in the past, why should he be expected to be responsible for this? He doesn’t even have enough class to be embarrassed for his stupidity.
February 28th, 2006 at 2:47 pmYet another report has come from inside the Bush administration…
This is the part I find so interesting…from INSIDE the Bush administration. Ha!
February 28th, 2006 at 2:47 pmAnybody read The Case For Impeachment in Harper’s Magazine. Go to Harpers.org for an excerpt.
We can’t afford to put it off any longer.
February 28th, 2006 at 2:51 pmThe funny part of the story is the Army War College did such a study and published it Feb 2003, titled
RECONSTRUCTING IRAQ: INSIGHTS,
CHALLENGES, AND MISSIONS FOR MILITARY
FORCES IN A POST-CONFLICT SCENARIO
Conrad C. Crane
W. Andrew Terrill
February 2003
It lays out the planning necessary for a successful post war recovery and the possible problems that would arise if the planning was not done, and they seem to have thought of about everything the opposition in Iraq has.
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=182
February 28th, 2006 at 3:02 pmThe synopsis of the Army War College paper
In October 2002, the U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute, in coordination with the Office of the Army Deputy Chief of Staff/G-3, initiated a study to analyze how American and coalition forces can best address the requirements that will necessarily follow operational victory in a war with Iraq. The objectives of the project were to determine and analyze probable missions for military forces in a post-Saddam Iraq; examine associated challenges; and formulate strategic recommendations for transferring responsibilities to coalition partners or civilian organizations, mitigating local animosity, and facilitating overall mission accomplishment in the war against terrorism. The study has much to offer planners and executors of operations to occupy and reconstruct Iraq, but also has many insights that will apply to achieving strategic objectives in any conflict after hostilities are concluded. The current war against terrorism has highlighted the danger posed by failed and struggling states. If this nation and its coalition partners decide to undertake the mission to remove Saddam Hussein, they will also have to be prepared to dedicate considerable time, manpower, and money to the effort to reconstruct Iraq after the fighting is over. Otherwise, the success of military operations will be ephemeral, and the problems they were designed to eliminate could return or be replaced by new and more virulent difficulties.
Wonder why Rummy discarded this study?
February 28th, 2006 at 3:04 pm25 – Clif – cause Rummy thought he could do it all with less men and less money. He was stubborn enough to use men as cannon fodder.
There’s a caring administration for you.
February 28th, 2006 at 3:09 pmNo Excuse for Bush’s Iraq Incompetency
The above is true America knew what he was like, They the voters knew what they were getting, Just a shame what happened
you pay peanuts you get monkeys ——–
February 28th, 2006 at 3:12 pm–
you vote for a lier,ex drunk,ex cocaine user, draught dodger, business failure, war monger, you get a failed country run by dictator
this statement isn’t true, the intelligence concerning the Iraqi weapons was precise, there was none, the president knew there was none
he had to twist evidence to make the claim which he knew from his own aids, advisers and intelligence were incorrect
February 28th, 2006 at 3:15 pmI know that, I was just commenting that they had a study that told them the problems they would face and what would happen if they did not plan to solve them before the invasion. Thus they can not say now nobody thought of it. This study should be spread as far as possible, because it makes Rumsfeld look either criminal for ignoring it or incompetant for not understanding it. In either case he would have to go if the public was aware of what it says and means for all the soldiers who have died and been wounded some severely for life.
February 28th, 2006 at 3:20 pmWhy are these people still in ofice?
February 28th, 2006 at 3:21 pmAnne Because up to now they have been quite good at keeping the truth and the public seperated.
February 28th, 2006 at 3:25 pmDumdya’s intelligence is not improving, his bubble is shrinking and its walls are getting thicker…..
February 28th, 2006 at 3:27 pmHis upcoming appearance in India has been relegated to the Old Fort, which is also the ZOO…. it seems the Indian Parliament was too hostile to address….
Real soon he’s going to be as popular overseas as Henry Kissinger is.
February 28th, 2006 at 3:30 pmThere is one, and only one reason Bush & Co went to war in Iraq: to get re-elected. A sitting president has never not been re-elected during times of war. So, in preparation for his re-election campain, Bush & Co “invented” a reason to go to war, sold it to America with a spoon fed media, and rode it all the way to a 2nd term in the white house. $200 Billion and counting for that stupid war. Think of what this country could do with $200 Billion. We could have had invested it in alternative fuels, in improving our school systems, how about saving it for a rainy day (Katrina).
Stupid ass people in this country…turn off the fucking Fox News and actually *read* some *real* news from a source that isn’t sucking at the hind tit of the white house press room.
February 28th, 2006 at 3:38 pmeven if you believe Bush did not knowingly lead us into a war under false pretenses, the level of incompetence and corruption in his administration would get any manager fired… we need to give him a pink slip…
February 28th, 2006 at 3:40 pmbush had no idea that the levees that held the insurgency were going to break, and as a matter of fact, when he woke up and read the papers last week, he immediately thought that samarra had dodged a bullet
February 28th, 2006 at 3:41 pmThey new they were pulling our leg.
I can’t wait for the tell-all books to come out!
Lawrence B. Wilkerson was Chief of Staff at the Department of State from August 2002 to January 2005.
An excerpt from a recent interview on PBS 2/03/06:
DAVID BRANCACCIO: We’ve been talking grand policy. The then director of the CIA, George Tenent, Vice President Cheney’s deputy Libby, told you that the intelligence that was the basis of going to war was rock solid. Given what you now know, how does that make you feel?
LAWRENCE WILKERSON: It makes me feel terrible. I’ve said in other places that it was– constitutes the lowest point in my professional life. My participation in that presentation at the UN constitutes the lowest point in my professional life.
I participated in a HOAX on the American people, the international community and the United Nations Security Council. How do you think that makes me feel? Thirty-one years in the United States Army and I more or less end my career with that kind of a blot on my record? That’s not a very comforting thing.
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/wilkerson.html
February 28th, 2006 at 3:48 pmJoy!
http://www.theagitator.com/archives/DMN04-26-05.jpg
February 28th, 2006 at 3:50 pmI don’t have a good feeling about this…
February 28th, 2006 at 3:50 pmIn the minds of the people who prop up and make Dumbya, yes and even Chainy, dance, no one is indispensible….. they will be more than willing to sacrifice Anyone for the sake of their long term goals… Dumbya is on the ropes, and clearly desperate to salvage his own delusion that he is actually the leader of the free world. He doesn’t have a rational thought to call his own, and could very well be foolish enough to put himself (or let his handlers push him there) into harms way…
(Oh, and don’t let Bozo have the football, OK,
the problem with little boys and guns is that they just got to shoot them, doesn’t really matter what they shoot at……..)
http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=3/1/2006&Cat=2&Num=013
The tehran times reports on escalations
February 28th, 2006 at 3:52 pmWell, then even the troops think they need to come home, you know the propaganda must have worn off. Or something.
…An overwhelming majority of 72% of American troops serving in Iraq think the U.S. should exit the country within the next year, and nearly one in four say the troops should leave immediately, a new Le Moyne College/Zogby International survey shows…
[from: http://www.commondreams.org/news2006/0228-01.htm ]
February 28th, 2006 at 3:52 pmThey actually sound more wise than monkey bush
February 28th, 2006 at 3:53 pmMy pet fish is wiser.
February 28th, 2006 at 3:55 pmApproval needs to drop some more, what is it, 34% currently?
February 28th, 2006 at 3:56 pm#43 – My pet fish is wiser.
Yes. Perhaps.
But then it is unlikely that your pet fish will declare martial law and cancel elections for the foreseeable future.
February 28th, 2006 at 3:56 pmREAD IT HERE NOT FOX NEWS
http://www.tehrantimes.com/ Description.asp?Da=3/ 1/ 2006&Cat=2&Num=013
The tehran times reports the truth
February 28th, 2006 at 3:59 pmThe sigir report of 10/30/05 first reported the results of the human resources conference held in the summer of 05.That report quoted Gen Garner that he was tasked in February (03) for a March event. The other interesting thing from that report was the infighting of the direct reports to GWB. At first,this was to be a State Dept. run operation but Rumsfeld won the infighting to make it a DoD venture which was 1 of the reasons the other dept. heads refused to offer up personnel for post-war Iraq. Only about half of the billets were filled.
February 28th, 2006 at 4:01 pmThe positions were usually filled by people who had no relevant experience but had the right ideology.
http://www.sigir.mil
Sorry, but Think Progress is just plain wrong on this one. There is, in fact, a perfectly good excuse for Bush’s incompetence on just about everything.
Competence was never the point. These guys were supposed to be above all that.
February 28th, 2006 at 4:03 pm.
#45
You are absolutely correct!
February 28th, 2006 at 4:04 pmIt’s the downward spiral!
NeoCon Architect Declares NeoCon Movement a Failure
Says Iraq War a Mistake, Compares Bush Policies to ‘Leninism’
Crumbling down.
One of the original Neocon architects and a signer of the infamous PNAC letter, Francis Fukuyama, says the movement has failed and has “evolved into something I can no longer support,” according to this report.
Further, he makes what can only be seen as an exceedingly uncomfortable — yet perfectly apt –comparison between the Bush Administration policies and … Leninism.
-His signature is here:
http://www.newamericancentury.org/statementofprinciples.htm
-Here’s an interview with the man:
aurora.icaap.org/archive/fukuyama.html
-Here’s a report on the man:
February 28th, 2006 at 4:06 pmhttp://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=266122006
Apparently, Bush’s previous career as a millionaire party boy did not adequately prepare him for the Presidency.
I don’t think anyone could have anticipated that!
Heckuva job.
February 28th, 2006 at 4:10 pmas long as everyone is protesting behind their 4 walls, nothing is going to happen. does anyone believe that vietnam protester would have succeeded if it were blogging?it needs to be taken to the streets, to the senators and threaten with your vote.to write about the logistics (long and drawn out) or the history does nothing. the admin. knows all about there studies, documents, this and that, please.this admin knows all of it, believe it. it’s about obeying the laws and serving america NOT iraq or any other country. the americans know all of this. it’s the wish that american people will stop acting spoiled and the sheeples to use their common sense and conscious.get involved because if not, you get zionists/nazis running our country and.it’s the cindy sheehans that are putting the real pressure on this government.so my question is why is everyone sitting on this damn thing protesting?
February 28th, 2006 at 4:14 pm#50
February 28th, 2006 at 4:17 pmi heard a little bit of his interview and was wondering about it. i posted earlier about it. i’m glad you picked up on the same thing.
Faiz, you missed the Downing Street Memos in your ‘failure to plan’ list.
February 28th, 2006 at 4:17 pmAs Conrad Burns . R.Mon said : ” the president’s skull is solid granite ”
February 28th, 2006 at 4:26 pmPersonally i think it’s just mush .
Here is ‘what went wrong’:
The Dubai Brothers (Bush and Cheney) didn’t guard and secure the ammunition dumps and explosive storage sites, and now all that material, from Stalin’s Mini-Me already, is in the hands of WHOEVER.
Incidentally, a reasonable name for the use of this poison is LMAEs for Looted Munitions And Explosives (and not IEDs).
Did these two geniuses commit the 2nd greatest act of military criminal negligence in U. S. history because “…much of the intelligence turned out to be wrong”, or did they simply screw up ?
February 28th, 2006 at 4:27 pmDJ IED stands for Improvised Explosive Device, the military’s name for home made bomb, it is used as an acronym so it is easier to transmit over the radio
February 28th, 2006 at 4:35 pmconrad burns, yeah and this is the prick that is one of bushes biggest supporters. the only folks that love him are the ranchers and since the ranchers did not get their subsidaries i wonder if mt, wy, nd, etc…..will turn blue. it will be interesting.
February 28th, 2006 at 4:36 pmThere were no miscalculations and trying to fault “intelligence” is a joke in spite of the irony of Bush saying it. There are only lies and a delusional plan by insane neocons. Everyone in this administration should be tried for treason and crimes against humanity. When we’re finished with them they should be turned over to the International courts. Major media moguls should be tried as well for complicity.
February 28th, 2006 at 4:40 pmalright folks your voice is louder out in the streets!!!!!!!halfway point to elections is almost here. let the folks who orchestrated 9/11 and turning our country into naziism hear all of us NOW!! take your bullhorns with you.
February 28th, 2006 at 4:43 pmThe U.S.-led war on Iraq began March 19, 2003
that is the main day for protests in London last year there were 1 million this year 2 million
also interesting to be viewed on TV “The Road to Guantanamo is on C4 on 9 March”
Using terror to fight terror
http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,,1717953,00.html
February 28th, 2006 at 5:29 pmImpeachment issue hangs on accountability
The following is a case for impeaching the president and the vice president. I hope people will talk about this issue seriously and tell their representatives to support the resolutions introduced by Rep. John Conyers calling for an investigation of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney to determine whether Articles of Impeachment should be introduced.
http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=32062
February 28th, 2006 at 5:40 pm#61
February 28th, 2006 at 5:43 pmthat is getting it done. i wonder what has happened in america? do americans feel embarrassed or politically not correct to protest against the government. i wonder if any employee has done just a tiny fraction of americas employee (bush) has done and STILL be on the job. let’s get it together folks. HE is NOT bigger than WE.
#63 I think it has got to do with being seen as unpatriotic
February 28th, 2006 at 5:49 pmIf that were the case then being patriotic kills,
It also has to do with apathy and yes, a toadying media. The whole “liberal media” meme was pure genius on the part of the right wingers (was this Rove’s brainchild?). The media toe the corporate/administration line but the wingers keep throwing the “liberal” label at it. And the public buys it.
February 28th, 2006 at 5:58 pm#34 – rael,
February 28th, 2006 at 7:50 pmHow about Truman in 1952? Not trying to burst your bubble, but never deal in absolutes.
The moron-in-chief is the worst thing to afflict America in its history.
February 28th, 2006 at 9:26 pmThat he listened to his “higher father” was merely a sop to his fundamentalist groupies. The man has no real faith. He is Elmer Gantry incarnate. He is the “Music Man” of politics.
The ignorant lout disregarded any objections to the plan he had set in his mind — like a spoiled child — nothing was going to come between him and the candy jar.
The poorly learned, former frat boy/cheerleader, dry drunk, born with a silver spoon in his mouth, has never had to earn an honest dollar, has a Daddy with rich friends willing to help the “boy” out with financial aid, no matter how many businesses he bankrupt. Until the boy learned how to scam the public himself when he had the taxpayers in Texas finance his baseball stadium.
WIth time, this incompetent, dishonest fool became more deceitful, more corrupt and now, murderous.
He deserves a public humiliation, a trial in court and a prison sentence for the rest of his days.
George Bush Junior was born stupid and incompetant is his real middle name > lol.
March 1st, 2006 at 2:40 amYou guys bitch because we’re in Iraq, you bitch because we’re not doing enough to rebuild it–all you guys ever do is bitch. The name of this site should be Think Hate
March 1st, 2006 at 9:56 amTowards George Bush. Nearly every topic posted has to do with Bush, and in the content of all the comments you vent your hatred of him. Where’s the thinking? Where’s the progress? If all of us trolls would quit posting comments this site would implode.
Faiz and fellow whiners – I mean, “progressives”.
“No Excuse for Bush’s Iraq Incompetence” blah, blah blah.
Please explain to us the excuse for President’s Carter and Clinton’s incompetence.
March 1st, 2006 at 11:02 am#67 – Wow Marie…after reading your rant, I thought you were talking about Teddy the dry drunk, frat brat….you know the one with the rich daddy who was always bailing him out of …. shall we say… trouble. Your hypocrisy is amusing.
March 1st, 2006 at 11:06 amI have read majority of the comments here. It seems that maybe a few of you have been deployed and been in the conflict. I myself whether I like it or not am a man of honor and will serve out my military contract of 6 years. I have no desire to go kill insurgents for a democracy that I will gain nothing from… This war will go into history as vietnam did.. From what I hear, there will be occupation til at least 2009. I am on my third year of my term, from what I have seen the people willing to go to this death trap are so blood thirsty it makes me cringe. My only goal no matter how many human beings I kill is to make it back to my girlfriend, family, and life. I could care less about anything else besides keeping my brothers alive. Some of this crap makes me so angry; I didn’t even vote for the man in office, I voted for the green party not because they had a chance to win but because it was my only option of who (out of the 3) I would put in office. Let me tell you that if I am to bleed and die for this country, for such a disappointing reason as why we are over there then there better never be such a disappointing president. Let this be known to your children, our future leaders. Take this as a lesson on what not to do, teach your children the good in the world not to be controlled by greed, greed is a very manipulative force that only faith can overcome. I am a lost soul even though I believe and am saved by Jesus Christ. It brings me no peace of mind, I still experience the same problems as when I curse GOD, I still experience the same downfalls as a pagan being dragged to the stake to burn. This life is what you make it. Don’t make it how it is for our children.. We need a revolution. Look at the signs, see how much power state and federal courts have. We HAVE TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN THAT THIS NATION IS NOT RIGHT. Our leaders have used “this is the greatest nation in the world” to manipulate us. No matter how much crap they impose we can’t go anywhere else to have the amount of freedom that we have, I mean no where else in the world. Yet they still are taking control very slowly, think ( how would you lower income taxes, how can you get your voice heard, how is the media allowed to broadcast so much violence everywhere, how come you can’t call the president with your insights and views and depression about how because of him you lost your reason to live [your son or daughter] , and mainly think about us your military, think how can they do that overthere when they hate it so much that it makes them sick to their stomachs) about it. Think long and hard. Bush has manipulated and deserted the american way of life. He refuses to be honorable, he refuses to take responsibility, and he refuses to acknowledge the poor and mistreated of this country before he acknowledged the people of IRAQ WTF?
Bush will never be among people that I look up to, And if he did go AWOL in the Air Force Pffff! He shoulda tried the Marine Corps maybe we could have instilled a little Integrity, Honor, and Discipline into him.
That’s All I have to say.
I don’t care whether I live or die as I know to be dead is to accept the last great adventure of life. To live however is to be what you want it to be. Peace- LCpl Type
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