Re: I couldn't be prouder of George W. Bush
- From: "Raymond" <Bluerhymer@xxxxxxx>
- Date: 1 Sep 2005 19:39:37 -0700
Can Congressional Republicans Save Bush?
by Paul Craig Roberts
If President Bush has competent advisers, he must know that his Iraqi
war has become a liability for him and for the Republican Party and
might easily become a catastrophe.
The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that 45 percent of
Americans doubt President Bush's veracity, compared to 41 percent who
regard him as honest.
The poll also finds that a majority of Americans regard Iraq as a more
important issue than the lack of jobs and that more Americans now
disapprove of Bush's performance than approve.
This is not good news for a president whose war is going badly. On June
27, General George Casey, U.S. commander of the multinational coalition
in Iraq, told morning TV audiences that the Iraq conflict "will not be
settled on the battlefield." The Iraq conflict, Gen. Casey said, "will
ultimately be settled by negotiation."
Instead of firing Gen. Casey, as he would have done in the past,
Defense Secretary Rumsfeld backed him up. Rumsfeld also told TV
audiences that "coalition forces are not going to repress the
insurgency," which might "go on five, six, eight, 10, 12 years."
That was not what Americans promised a three-week war wanted to hear.
Even inattentive Americans could discern that if the Bush
administration could be so far wrong on the duration of the war, it
could also be very wrong on the reasons for the war.
The poll showing the sharp drop in belief in Bush's credibility was
conducted July 8-11 and released on July 13. The poll reflects the
public's new awareness of the interminable conflict. With about 15,000
American casualties (dead and wounded), the cost of the war is starting
to come home.
The outcome of the invasion is far removed from the Bush
administration's promise of a cakewalk strewn with flowers. The war has
also proven to be extremely expensive at a time when Americans are
hearing that Social Security and Medicare are running out of money.
Americans want to know why Bush is investing $300 billion in a training
ground for al-Qaeda when America's elderly cannot pay their
prescription bills.
On top of this comes the Karl Rove problem. Famous as Bush's principal
advisor, Rove has apparently been fingered as the administration
official who committed the felony of leaking the identity of an
undercover CIA agent in retaliation for her husband exposing the
neoconservative lie that Iraq had purchased nuclear material from
Niger.
For Bush, the Rove problem brings back the issue of how we got
ourselves at war in the first place.
The U.S. military and the Republican establishment have done a good job
of sticking by Bush even though they now understand that he misled them
and put them at risk in a gratuitous war.
A retired general, Barry R. McCaffrey, recently told the House Armed
Services Committee that "the Army and Marine Corps are at risk of
experiencing a disaster during the coming three years. There is little
reserve or surge capability to respond to new challenges."
McCaffrey, in effect, told the Armed Services Committee that the
civilians in the Pentagon were out to lunch. The civilians'
war-fighting strategy downplays the need for troops and relies on
firepower and high-tech weapons.
General McCaffrey, currently a professor at West Point, told the Armed
Services Committee that America simply lacks the troops to deal with
Iraq. The general also said that even if the Pentagon could be weaned
away from its high-tech fantasies, most recruitment goals are not being
met. The U.S. military is shrinking during war time.
The reason, of course, is that most Americans don't any longer see the
point of the war. We were all for war when we heard Vice President
Cheney and National Security Adviser Condi Rice, now secretary of
state, tell us that Iraq had a mushroom cloud in store for American
cities. But when we found out that this was all drivel, we started
wondering why John Jones' son, an all-state quarterback, got his arms
and legs blown off in Iraq.
The American people noticed when the CIA said that the U.S. invasion of
Iraq has turned that country into a training ground for terrorists and
al-Qaeda supporters. The last thing the U.S. needs to be doing is
subsidizing Osama bin Laden, and that is exactly what the Bush
administration is doing in Iraq.
Hope for Bush and for America is at hand. U.S. Representative Walter B.
Jones, (R-N.C.) has introduced a resolution – the Homeward Bound
Resolution – that requires President Bush "to announce, not later than
Dec. 31, 2005, a plan for the withdrawal of all United States Armed
Forces from Iraq. "
The Congressional Research Service has taken a close look at the
Resolution and has advised that the Resolution is "advisory in nature
rather than mandatory. It appears to leave a great deal of discretion
with the president for setting a timetable for the withdrawal of
troops."
Walter B. Jones is a six-term member of the House Armed Services
Committee. He is the member of Congress who required congressional
dining rooms to rename French fries "freedom fries." When patriots such
as Jones realize that we have made a mistake, it is time for us all to
realize it.
Many Americans are so incensed at Bush for fabricating the reasons for
invading Iraq that they think they prefer for his ill-fated war
adventure to continue until it produces enough rope to hang him and his
administration.
I understand their anger at being deceived over life and death matters.
However, the longer this war continues, the more Americans there will
be without arms, legs, eyes, and lives; the more terrorists will spring
from Iraqi deaths; the more threatened Israel will become; and the
stronger bin Laden and his successors will be in the Middle East.
In my opinion, Bush deserves to be impeached. However, the goal is to
stop the carnage that is turning the U.S. into a pariah and placing our
economic future into the hands of our Asian bankers.
Who wants another American soldier killed or maimed for nothing other
than a neoconservative agenda based on lies, ignorance, and hubris?
Walter B. Jones is an American hero. He has provided cover for
President Bush to comply with the will of Congress and withdraw from
Iraq. Every American of good will should support the Homeward Bound
Resolution. Let history deal with George W. Bush and his war.
The Homeward Bound Resolution and its supporters will be America's
redemption.
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