A Letter From My Old Boss
To the Editor:
While the ultraliberal bias is on display on the editorial page and Readers' Page on a daily basis represented by vile anti-George W. Bush hate rhetoric (impeachment now argued) I suppose that from the party that has no ideas, and which is made up of far left fringe extremist groups, such behavior should be expected.
Many, if not most of the leftist writers, also demonstrate short memories regarding Iraq and WMDs. In the late '90s, there was an endless list of Democrats (John Kerry, just to mention one) who screamed to the heavens that Iraq did have WMDs and must be disarmed because Saddam was a security risk not only for the region but for the world as well. Kerry's warnings also included the use of American troops.
Now this very same group (forgetful of their own statements) whine that they were lied to by George W. Bush and that he had manipulated the intelligence in order to go to war.
In fact, the Democrats on the Intelligence Committee (oxymoron) had essentially the same information available to them. With any doubts, they had the power to call generals and other experts to testify.
It is tragic that while brave soldiers in Iraq are asked to risk death in their search for terrorists, many others actually consider that the very country that has given them freedom and liberty is the most dangerous country in the world and wish for the USA to be defeated.
William
Ok, gang, I'm back, though not totally up to snuff yet. Thanks for the letters of encouragement. They meant a lot.
Now, as for todays letter, I should clear something up right off the bat. I think Bill here is a guy I used to work with, and if so, he's a really nice guy. Top notch, shirt-off-his-back type. So if I go a little easy on him, bear with me. It makes me wish I still worked with him so I could set him straight on a daily basis... maybe he never would have gotten this far off track.
Okay, Bill, it's too bad we're not in contact anymore, because first of all, you'd probably be shocked to learn that I take such offense to your letter. Your belief that it is only "ultraliberals" who feel like Bush is a lying, piece of shit weasel is totally off base. I have yet to find anyone who is not a hard-line social conservative who can really stand up for him anymore. And hard-line social conservatives, while a loud bunch, are not nearly as numerous as their volume would suggest.
Secondly, the claptrap about Democrats "having no ideas" is complete tosh. Democrats do not control any branch of the government, at least at this point. God willing, there'll be a shift next year that will knock the shit-eating grin off the Republicans' faces long enough for them to clean out our party. But at this point, saying the Democrats have no ideas is just another cheap-shot by Republicans too busy smearing the left to do their own jobs. Democrats DO propose bills, Bill. They do it all the time. They don't come to votes, or they are voted down, because the Democrats do not control Congress. Remember, the Republicans will not even grant them the use of a room to meet in; a bully tactic that doesn't even make sense if the Democrats "have no ideas" to discuss.
Now, the noise coming from the far-right shills about Democrats who supported the war effort are really tough to crack, so I don't blame you for falling for it. But the thing they all get wrong is that those Democrats made the decision with the very same intelligence that the president had. This is, of course, nonsense. As the commander-in-chief, Bush had access to all sorts of classified information that Democratic lawmakers didn't. And since most information came through the White House before reaching those Democrats, it was pretty easy for the administration to filter out the information that didn't support the effort. What it comes doen to is that the information was wrong. Cheney said, quite clearly, that it was "certain that Saddam had reconstituted his nuclear program," something we now know was completely false. Either the administration fabricated the intelligence, or recieved faulty intelligence. Either way, the buck stops in that office. Shifting the blame to Democratic lawmakers is irresponsible, cowardly, and partisan in the absolute worst type of way.
Finally, Bill, I just want to point out that, just as each man is the master of his own fate, so too is every nation. If people we are supposedly helping believe that we're the most dangerous nation on the planet, shouldn't we take a minute to assess why that might be? If you can take a step away from the soapbox for a minute, and just look at what's going on, the truth is obvious. Our attempts to bring peace to a sovereign nation have brought it, probably irrecoverably, to the brink of civil war. Have we brought freedom to Iraq? Well, in a sense, but then, a large number of Iraqis have every reason to believe that "freedom" is the American word for "shitting in the street." Elections mean nothing if the country breaks down into civil war as soon as we leave, and it looks as though that's exactly what's likely to happen, no matter how long it takes. In our effort to shield ourselves from terrorists, we have destroyed a people and a country. Was it worth it? If nations, like people, are judged by a higher power, how will He look at our selfishness and cruelty?
While the ultraliberal bias is on display on the editorial page and Readers' Page on a daily basis represented by vile anti-George W. Bush hate rhetoric (impeachment now argued) I suppose that from the party that has no ideas, and which is made up of far left fringe extremist groups, such behavior should be expected.
Many, if not most of the leftist writers, also demonstrate short memories regarding Iraq and WMDs. In the late '90s, there was an endless list of Democrats (John Kerry, just to mention one) who screamed to the heavens that Iraq did have WMDs and must be disarmed because Saddam was a security risk not only for the region but for the world as well. Kerry's warnings also included the use of American troops.
Now this very same group (forgetful of their own statements) whine that they were lied to by George W. Bush and that he had manipulated the intelligence in order to go to war.
In fact, the Democrats on the Intelligence Committee (oxymoron) had essentially the same information available to them. With any doubts, they had the power to call generals and other experts to testify.
It is tragic that while brave soldiers in Iraq are asked to risk death in their search for terrorists, many others actually consider that the very country that has given them freedom and liberty is the most dangerous country in the world and wish for the USA to be defeated.
William
Ok, gang, I'm back, though not totally up to snuff yet. Thanks for the letters of encouragement. They meant a lot.
Now, as for todays letter, I should clear something up right off the bat. I think Bill here is a guy I used to work with, and if so, he's a really nice guy. Top notch, shirt-off-his-back type. So if I go a little easy on him, bear with me. It makes me wish I still worked with him so I could set him straight on a daily basis... maybe he never would have gotten this far off track.
Okay, Bill, it's too bad we're not in contact anymore, because first of all, you'd probably be shocked to learn that I take such offense to your letter. Your belief that it is only "ultraliberals" who feel like Bush is a lying, piece of shit weasel is totally off base. I have yet to find anyone who is not a hard-line social conservative who can really stand up for him anymore. And hard-line social conservatives, while a loud bunch, are not nearly as numerous as their volume would suggest.
Secondly, the claptrap about Democrats "having no ideas" is complete tosh. Democrats do not control any branch of the government, at least at this point. God willing, there'll be a shift next year that will knock the shit-eating grin off the Republicans' faces long enough for them to clean out our party. But at this point, saying the Democrats have no ideas is just another cheap-shot by Republicans too busy smearing the left to do their own jobs. Democrats DO propose bills, Bill. They do it all the time. They don't come to votes, or they are voted down, because the Democrats do not control Congress. Remember, the Republicans will not even grant them the use of a room to meet in; a bully tactic that doesn't even make sense if the Democrats "have no ideas" to discuss.
Now, the noise coming from the far-right shills about Democrats who supported the war effort are really tough to crack, so I don't blame you for falling for it. But the thing they all get wrong is that those Democrats made the decision with the very same intelligence that the president had. This is, of course, nonsense. As the commander-in-chief, Bush had access to all sorts of classified information that Democratic lawmakers didn't. And since most information came through the White House before reaching those Democrats, it was pretty easy for the administration to filter out the information that didn't support the effort. What it comes doen to is that the information was wrong. Cheney said, quite clearly, that it was "certain that Saddam had reconstituted his nuclear program," something we now know was completely false. Either the administration fabricated the intelligence, or recieved faulty intelligence. Either way, the buck stops in that office. Shifting the blame to Democratic lawmakers is irresponsible, cowardly, and partisan in the absolute worst type of way.
Finally, Bill, I just want to point out that, just as each man is the master of his own fate, so too is every nation. If people we are supposedly helping believe that we're the most dangerous nation on the planet, shouldn't we take a minute to assess why that might be? If you can take a step away from the soapbox for a minute, and just look at what's going on, the truth is obvious. Our attempts to bring peace to a sovereign nation have brought it, probably irrecoverably, to the brink of civil war. Have we brought freedom to Iraq? Well, in a sense, but then, a large number of Iraqis have every reason to believe that "freedom" is the American word for "shitting in the street." Elections mean nothing if the country breaks down into civil war as soon as we leave, and it looks as though that's exactly what's likely to happen, no matter how long it takes. In our effort to shield ourselves from terrorists, we have destroyed a people and a country. Was it worth it? If nations, like people, are judged by a higher power, how will He look at our selfishness and cruelty?
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