McCain vs. Bush

McCain vs. Bush

Yesterday, speaking about Iraq, Senator John McCain said, "I think one of
the biggest mistakes we made was underestimating the size of the task and
the sacrifices that would be required." McCain recounted Bush Administration
misstatements, " 'Stuff happens', 'mission accomplished', 'last throes', 'a
few dead-enders'." McCain went on to say, "I'm just more familiar with those
statements than anyone else because it grieves me so much that we had not
told the American people how tough and difficult this task would be."

McCain is complaining about the rosy, highly embellished, pro-war optimism
from Bush and his cronies. For example...

On November 15, 2002, Don Rumsfeld errantly predicted a short Iraq war by
saying, "Five days or five weeks or five months, but it certainly isn't
going to last any longer than that. It won't be a World War III." Sadly, as
it happens, the Iraq war has now out lasted World War II.

Also shortly after invading Iraq, Rumsfeld callously dismissed the
destruction of Baghdad's hospitals, universities, and museums by arrogantly
stating, "Stuff happens."

In May of 2005, the befuddled *** Cheney naively said the insurgency is in
its last throes. Since then 1,027 additional U.S. soldiers have died in
Iraq.

Also on March 16, 2003 *** Cheney said, "My belief is we will, in fact, be
greeted as liberators." Hardly liberators, we have lost 2,613 U.S.
soldiers and 19,323 others have been wounded.

And of course on May 1, 2003, the grand faux pas of all, the arrogant, bull
headed, slow to think George Bush stood below a banner proclaiming "Mission
Accomplished." Bush boasted, "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In
the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed."

McCain went on to say this kind of talk "has contributed enormously to the
frustration that Americans feel today because they were led to believe this
could be some kind of day at the beach, which many of us fully understood
from the beginning would be a very, very difficult undertaking."

McCain is right. This is all deceitful propaganda George Bush and his people
have crammed down out throats for years. Bush says if we do not stay the
course then we are advocates of "cut and run." It has gone far past cutting
and running. The American presence in Iraq is ineffectual. George Bush, by
failing to secure Iraq's borders in the early days, created a civil war in
Iraq that is killing 110 Iraqis a day. Bush's efforts in Iraq are for not.
The Iraqi government will never reflect the Americanized ideology Bush
imagined. Bush's "stay the course" policy is simply murdering American
troops two or three a day as a result.

George Bush is suffering from a narcissistic personality disorder and acute
megalomania. That is evidenced by his inability to explain his purpose in
Iraq. He can only muster "fear" campaign rhetoric from his 2004 election
stumping. At present, only 35% of Americans back the war and they only do so
because of an irrational fear. We cannot run in fear from terrorism. We must
protect our borders, secure our ports, and strengthen our preparedness at
home. The Iraq war only serves as a distraction, a costly $300 billion
distraction leaving the homeland unprotected.

Bush is grabbing at straws in his delusion trying to save his failed
presidency. He has a blurred, distorted view of reality. Moreover, Bush is
likely to involve us in a war with Iran. It is possible the unstable Bush
will use a nuclear weapon on Iran, which will provoke the Chinese and the
Russians. That will be a colossal entrance into World War III and the
destruction of the United States of America. Bush must be removed from
office.


Brian David Smith, San Diego, California


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