Why Does George W. Bush Hate Soldiers or Justice For All.....hmm Some

When I woke up this morning and read the news I thought I started feeling much like Gulliver but then I realized instead of being in Lilliput I was really in Bizarro Land because instead of Lilliputians I found only neocon pontificators.

This administration gets weirder every time I pick up a paper or see a news program. Have you not noticed that same phenomenon? They are incredible spin artist. I, in fact, have never witnessed such talent in my entire life.

At any rate I want to talk about the subject I know best and that is my beloved army. Several studies came out this week on how the military is stretched thin. I am putting one of the links here and it is to the Village Voice and I want to be clear that I picked this link because the Voice references a 2002 War College article and I think that is important. So here is that link.

U.S. Army Stretched Thin in Iraq: http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0605,vest,71928,2.html

And there is this “stretched thin” article quoting General Casey. Here: http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/01/
26/us_general_says_forces_are_stretched/

Let me be clear by saying that what I think, is that what makes this administration so bizarre is that they, as a group and the president in particular, can lie with an incredibly blatant lack of skill and or caring as to whether the American people see and know it or not.

• This administration lied because they planned the invasion of Iraq from the first day in office.

• This administration lied and told us that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.

• This administration lied and told us that Iraq was linked to al Qaeda.

• This administration lied and told us that an Iraqi agent met an al Qaeda agent in Prague.

• This administration lied and told us that the invasion of Iraq would only take place after all diplomatic avenues were exhausted.

• This administration lied and told us “Mission Accomplished”.

• This administration lied and told us that the Iraqi oil reserves would pay for the war.

• This administration lied and told us our troops had the equipment they needed to accomplish the mission in Iraq.

• This administration lied and told us that the factories were producing armored humvees at maximum capacity.

• This administration lied by not telling us that better body armor was available for our soldiers and not providing it to them.

• This administration lied and told us that they did not direct torture of American prisoners of war.

• This administration lied and told us they didn’t engage in rendition for the purposes of torturing prisoners in foreign countries.

• This administration lied and told us that no one in the Whitehouse leaked a CIA agent to the press.

• This administration lied and committed perjury when asked by a grand jury about the CIA agent leak case.

I believe that this sufficiently establishes the fact that this administration lies and lies repeatedly and consistently. Now here is insult to injury. This is the administration that condones torture and has sunk to even newer lows here: Documents Show Army Seized Wives As Tactic
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060127/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_leveraging_wives

Why Does George W. Bush Hate Soldiers or Justice For All.....hmm Some

"All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure." - Mark Twain.Now that I've set the tone I'll get on with my post. I have been out of the loop for about a week but I've kept up with what's going on and I am, not surprisingly, more than a little concerned. Actually I'm bloody furious as usual!
I would like for you to consider a couple of things and to facilitate that process I'm going to start out by making a simple statement that isn't as off the wall as it may sound. It really isn't off the wall, trust me....... not off the wall. Here goes; George W. Bush is a raving megalomaniac and is leading, no not possible, is shoving, no pushing, no coercing, no bamboozling, no lying, no........ all of the afore mentioned, this nation into an abysmal pit from which I doubt it will ever return. Please understand that this is just the world according to the Sergeant Major and is strictly from my perspective. Now I'm going to keep this simple. Very simple and based on information that is common knowledge straight out of main stream media. That is the "so called liberal" main stream media. And please feel free to Google any one of my statements below to find a reasonable source to corroborate my statements. Believe me you'll get a hit or two for each one. Here it is.

• First George W. Bush came into office with the intention of invading Iraq.

• Then using the tragedy of 9/11 and made up weapons of mass destruction, and fake documents alleging attempts to buy "yellow cake" from Niger, and bad intelligence about an "alleged" meeting of an al Qaeda agent with an Iraqi agent inPrague he took the country to war.

• He allowed members of his staff to divulge classified information causing irreparable damage to national security.

He declared, with the support of Congress "war" in perpetuity on an ideology thereby insuring war powers for his entire presidency.

• He then used that declaration, through purposeful misinterpretation, as an excuse to spy on Americans in violation of the fourth amendment to the constitution.

• Prior to invading Iraq he fired his senior military staff for not agreeing with him on the invasion of Iraq. Specifically they said he needed more troops and more money and more equipment.

• He then ordered the invasion of Iraq without, or at least with extremely poor, prior planning and without sufficient troops to accomplish the mission and subsequent obvious required occupation.

• He ordered and executed a war and occupation without properly equipping the soldiers with the required armored vehicles, body armor, and weapons.

Here: http://www.signonsandiego.com/...20041209/news_1n9rumsfeld.htmlHere: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...
Here: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/...

• He ordered the incarceration of American citizens ("enemy combatants") without due process.

• He ordered the rendition of prisoners of war for the purposes of torture.

• He created a situation as Commander in Chief that allowed and condoned the torture of prisoners.

• He outsourced the "reconstruction" of Iraq in a no bid contract with the corporation which his vice president had headed and with whom he still had financial dealings. Here: http://www.truthout.org/...

• He allowed that contractor to misappropriate (steal) billions of taxpayer dollars.

• He allowed the same contractor to provide contaminated water to his soldiers due to lack of oversight and failed to take corrective action after the act was revealed.

Here: http://www.boston.com/...01/26/troops_said_to_get_tainted_water

• He has allowed the military to deteriorate to the point of being ineffective and incapable of accomplishing the defense of the nation. Here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...

• He has failed to properly care for the wounded soldiers and veterans.

• And while he was at it he managed to anger the Muslim world to the point that the radical or potentially hostile elements of Iraq, Iran, Palestine and a few other Middle Eastern countries are now gaining more control.

Now here is what I would like you to consider. If the average soldier, sailor, marine, or airman who committed any one of, or set of, the above offenses would he or she not be brought before a military court and tried and if convicted would he or she not be imprisoned if not executed for high crimes and or treason?George W. Bush is still president and Congress has not begun the process of impeachment. Are the laws different for a president than they are for a soldier or any other American citizen? Are the legal standards different for a president than they are for a soldier or any other American citizen? Are presidents above the law? Is dereliction of duty as Commander in Chief and violation of the fourth amendment to the constitution as president not a criminal act for the president but are for soldiers and citizens? Why has the Congress not done its job? There is ample evidence. It's really that simple. There is ample evidence and Congress is not acting. I ask again, why has Congress not begun the process of impeachment? Are these crimes so much less heinous and vile as perjury or fornication in the oval office? I for one am sickened by this president and his disdain and out right dislike for the American solider, the American people, and the Constitution of the United States. George W. Bush does not care what happens to American soldiers. That is the only conclusion a rational thinking person can come to. I am one soldier that thinks it's time for impeachment.

Let me close with another quote that most appropriately fits our Commander in Chief."A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Nuff said.

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