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The Beginning of Hope
Remember what Abraham Lincoln said, "You can fool all
of the people some of the time; You can fool some of the
people all of the time; But you can't fool all of the
people all the time." The so-called smoking gun has
emerged in the Downing Street Minutes, which clearly
state that the Bush Administration intended to attack
Iraq from soon after 9/11, and decided to "fix the
intelligence around the policy."
Representative John Conyers of Michigan has
courageously held a hearing on the Downing Street
Minutes, where one analyst called for the beginning of
impeachment hearings. Lying to the American public in
order to start a war is an impeachable offense. A
Congressional Out of Iraq Caucus of 50 representatives
was organized after the hearing, and 122 Congresspersons
are calling for an investigation of the Downing Street
Minutes.
Although one can't find very much about this in the
mainstream media, all the polls show that the majority
of the American people now think the Iraq War was a
mistake. Somehow the reality is getting through. As
casualties dramatically mount, every time the President
or his top officials make a statement about how the US
is winning the war, the majority of people again realize
that the Emperor has no clothes.
People realize that the war is making us less safe
since Iraq has turned into a training ground for
terrorists. In a recent article in The Nation,
Jonathan Schell described how he glimpsed the truth at
large from a single news report. Two Washington Post
reporters spent time with Charlie Company, the model
unit of Iraq's new American-trained army. They found the
soldiers only in the war for the paychecks, and at the
cost of their self-respect. The reporters learned how
the Iraqi soldiers refused to fight America's enemy
because they identified with the other side. They even
sang songs about the humiliation of their country and
praised Saddam Hussein! So Schell tells us that the US
is training the future resistance to itself.
No more lies. Bring the troops home NOW. |
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