George Bush's Accountability Moment

This is George Bush's accountability moment. That's why I'm here. The
mainstream media aren't holding him accountable. Neither is Congress. So
I'm not leaving Crawford until he's held accountable. It's ironic, given
the attacks leveled at me recently, how some in the media are so quick to
scrutinize -- and distort -- the words and actions of a grieving mother
but not the words and actions of the president of the United States.

But now it's time for him to level with me and with the American people. I
think that's why there's been such an outpouring of support. This is
giving the 61 percent of Americans who feel that the war is wrong
something to do -- something that allows their voices to be heard. It's a
way for them to stand up and show that they DO want our troops home, and
that they know this war IS a mistake... a mistake they want to see
corrected. It's too late to bring back the people who are already dead,
but there are tens of thousands of people still in harm's way.

There is too much at stake to worry about our own egos. When my son was
killed, I had to face the fact that I was somehow also responsible for
what happened. Every American that allows this to continue has, to some
extent, blood on their hands. Some of us have a little bit, and some of us
are soaked in it.

People have asked what it is I want to say to President Bush. Well, my
message is a simple one. He's said that my son -- and the other children
we've lost -- died for a noble cause. I want to find out what that noble
cause is. And I want to ask him: "If it's such a noble cause, have you
asked your daughters to enlist? Have you encouraged them to go take the
place of soldiers who are on their third tour of duty?" I also want him to
stop using my son's name to justify the war. The idea that we have to
"complete the mission" in Iraq to honor Casey's sacrifice is, to me, a
sacrilege to my son's name. Besides, does the president any longer even
know what "the mission" really is over there?


Casey knew that the war was wrong from the beginning. But he felt it was
his duty to go, that his buddies were going, and that he had no choice.
The people who send our young, honorable, brave soldiers to die in this
war, have no skin in the game. They don't have any loved ones in harm's
way. As for people like O'Reilly and Hannity and Michelle Malkin and Rush
Limbaugh and all the others who are attacking me and parroting the
administration line that we must complete the mission there -- they don't
have one thing at stake. They don't suffer through sleepless nights
worrying about their loved ones

Before this all started, I used to think that one person couldn't make a
difference... but now I see that one person who has the backing and
support of millions of people can make a huge difference.

That's why I'm going to be out here until one of three things happens:
It's August 31st and the president's vacation ends and he leaves Crawford.
They take me away in a squad car. Or he finally agrees to speak with me.

If he does, he'd better be prepared for me to hold his feet to the fire.
If he starts talking about freedom and democracy -- or about how the war
in Iraq is protecting America -- I'm not going to let him get away with it.

Like I said, this is George Bush's accountability moment.

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