This president has a revenge-obsession with Iraq and continues to play like the three monkeys or at least two, he closes his eyes and covers his ears to the truth of this occupation. He could give a damn about the U.S. troops who have died in Iraq, a number approaching 3,400 men and women, not to mention the deaths tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis. The farce of a president has thrown away over $427 billion of taxpayers hard earned money in Iraq, a vast amount of it has been stolen by unscrupulous U.S. contractors. This is $1423.00 for every man, woman and child in this country.
Yet for all these dollars, our soldiers have inferior equipment, and based on the news shoddy medical care even in our most prestigious Veterans Hospitals such as John Hopkins. Now Bush is threatening once again to veto funding legislation. His comments concerning this bill was “it could reasonably burden the President’s exercise of his constitutional authorities, including his authority as the Commander in Chief…”. Why or how? Well since it sets a date for withdrawal and provides funding for the occupation only until July. But since it also contains provisions for helping to rebuild the Gulf Coast States that were ravaged by Katrina, and provides for more improved health care for returning troops and for all veterans, and restores the shortfall in the State’s Children’s Health Insurance Program, and provide heating assistance for the low income and needy, and yes it also increases funding for homeland security. He says that it’s a burden. Bull hockey! It surprises the dickens out of me that this psuedo President even knows what the Constitution is, since he has repeatly violated its laws, and tried to circumvent it at every turn. Seems convienent that he ignored the constitution when he was invading another country based on lies, when he allowed American citizens to be wiretapped without court approval, when he violated treaties that every civilized nation on earth honors, when he setup pet military tribunals to try so called enemies of the United States, when he suspended habeas corpus, when he encouraged kidnapping and yes even torture, when his storm troopers conduct illegal searches. It boggles the mind that he now says that it raises “constitutional concerns.” What a load of crap. Read the Constitution, and pay particular attention to the parts about where We The People through our elected Representatives have the power of the purse, where it is the duty of Congress to declare war, not a whim of the President, and pay particular notice to the part about the power to impeach.
It is time to right the wrongs and hold this Administration accountable for Iraq. Around the World, people are turning against America because of this “mission impossible” that is the child of Bush-Cheney and Big Oil.
How can we ever expect other nations to respect our word, when they know that we lied about weapons of mass destruction, when nearly two million Iraqi are now refugees, all because of this President’s desire to one up his father? How can they help us control worldwide terrorism, when we are the cause of it escalating as it has done since this mistaken action in Iraq.
Word is that next week Congress will start holding conferences once again on this critical bill to provide funds for the American military. The Democratic majority has tried to work with the Executive Branch, but it is almost entirely one sided. Our troops need better equipment and training. The Iraqi people need to take the lead in providing for the future in their own country.
Can this time around we see a joint effort from both parties to accomplish this supplemental spending bill? I have my doubts, too many Republicans are following blindly, although each day I hear of others who are agreeing with the Democrats. Last week a delegation of Republican lawmakers met with the Whitehouse and they laid it on the line. Do something and soon. They are fearful of another crushing defeat at the polls in 2008. And they should be.
