Focus On The Truth

My focus in this blog has always been and always will be two central issues. First and foremost is the war in Iraq and second is the deceit that was used to take us there. I do this for two reasons. First because I am intimately familiar with war and its consequences and second I abhor liars and in particularly liars who profess to be chaste and honorable. (Please note my previous post on the words of our Vice President whom I believe to be a pathological liar.) This unfortunately or fortunately, depending on ones views, puts George W. Bush and his administration along with their neocon compatriots in my crosshairs. I believe that what needs to be remembered as we observe and comment on this administration is that the war in Iraq has, from the beginning, been one of misguided ideology. And, what I hope and pray will not be lost in the discussions surrounding this war is the fact that from the beginning has been one that was conceived and instigated in deceit. I believe that it has been well documented that it was the Bush administrations intent from the beginning to invade Iraq and that there were two reasons for the invasion. The first reason was shear unadulterated greed (oil) and the second was simply ideological in nature, and that was that they were intent on imposing a Jeffersonian Democracy on a third world country and culture through shear force. The second reason would also accommodate the first reason by giving them a permanent foot hold in the Middle East in order to influence and better control world oil resources by installing a government in the country with the second largest oil reserves in the world that they could control. What makes this situation so unnerving is that the President of the United States and his administration can be so greedy and ideologically focused on something that they lose the capacity for objective thought and strategic planning. That they are capable of taking the most powerful nation in the world to war without looking objectively at the intelligence information before them and without the planning necessary to reasonably complete the actions is an incredible abomination. Now, on top of the sad heartbreaking events of 9/11, nearly 2,200 American soldiers have lost their lives and another 15,500 have been wounded and maimed and countless Iraqis (that would not have died even under Saddam) are dead because of this Presidents incompetence. Please understand that I use the word ‘incompetence’ with malice of forethought. I say this because I do not believe that any rational, thinking person could believe that in the beginning the war on terror had anything to do with Iraq. When one looks at all of the evidence available even in the press and through public documents it is virtually impossible to draw a line back to Iraq. The feeble line that was drawn to make that case was draw by this administration through an obvious twisting of the intelligence. The reality is that the line from 9/11 and virtually all other serious terrorist attacks was in fact back to Al Qaeda, led by Osama Bin Laden, who was being sheltered by the Taliban who controlled Afghanistan. The truth is that none of the attackers of 9/11 or any other serious terrorist attack perpetrated prior to 9/11were Iraqis but were for the most part Saudi citizens or citizens of countries sympathetic to Al Qaeda of which Iraq was not included.I want to close with one more thought. George W. Bush, his administration and the neocon leaders of the House and Senate led us into this war. Someone must lead us out and George W. Bush has made it crystal clear that he has no intention of changing course no matter what happens. Because of this it is imperative that the American people put real leaders in power in Congress to force this administration to do the right thing. And the right thing is to develop a reasonable plan for the United States to work with real allies in stabilizing the government of Iraq and pulling the United States troops out while leaving a strong Iraqi force in power. Additionally the United States in coordination with their allies must fight terrorism through the use of good intelligence along with good ‘law enforcement’ and surgically precise military action.

Those are the Sergeant Majors Thoughts on That.