I'm with the previous Gentlemen. While I don't advocate violence, this country is truly in a war between right and wrong. A war between improving the country or living in fear. A war where hope and ethics are locked in a struggle with loathing and moral decay. As was recently noted elsewhere, in the presidential candidate debates, Dems debated each other on the best way to implement national healthcare while Republicans debated who could out torture the other.
Republicans in government have lost their way. They are merciless and relentless in their personal attacks (against any any and all critics), law-breaking (Scooter Libby, Gonzales, Abramoff), treason (Cheney and his outing of Valerie Plame) fearmongering (Al-Quiada, Saddam Hussein, the terrorists will follow us home, etc.) and general disgust for everything that has to do with fairness, equality, the health and well-being of others (Cheney). Examples: the rape of education, healthcare, the poor, inadequate armor for our troops, inadequate rest for our troops, disgraceful medical care for our wounded troops, cutback in health benefits for our troops, lower military standards for recruits (which now includes kids who haven't finished high school, criminals and the generally poorly trained soldier), a Presidential opposition to pay raises for our troops,... should I go on? I can.
RPhilbeck, I don't want to make this personal so I am trying not to. On the other hand, I am always amazed at Republican supporters who are not in the army serving in Iraq. This is your war baby! There's no better way for you to keep America free than fighting there. You'll be keeping the enemy away from us. With every terrorist you kill we'll be just that much closer to an enduring peace and democracy in the Middle East. How can you pass this up and still uphold your values?
You know, no matter what excuse you give it is still just a mousy way of not standing true to your own convictions. Sorry to be blunt. But I don't see it any other way.
No amount of Republican self-justification can condone such behavior as we have seen in government these past six years. As it is often said, "the facts tend to have a liberal bias". It is hard to have pity on this country's enemies, isn't it? Seems to me there are a lot of Republicans who should find themselves being waterboarded right now. You might say "but isn't that torture?" The President, Vice-President and Republican members of Congress don't seem to think so. And I always agree with them.
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