Veteran's Day

Today the President’s Secretary…of State said, “…should Iraq become a place of despair, generations of Americans would also be condemned to fear".
Think about that for a minute. It might be the most incredible thing that has come out of the mouth of Condoleezza Rice concerning the Iraq war.
Considering that the single greatest responsibility that a President has is to protect and Serve the people of the United States, the Secretary’s statement should be cause sufficient to launch an independent investigation. Generations of Americans condemned to fear? Can you imagine if any one of the psychopathic war mongerers in the Bush camp had intimated to the citizenry before this war of choice that, if we happen to fail, generations of Americans would be forced to live in fear? Leave aside the 6 billion dollars a month. Block out the suffering of tens of thousands of mutilated American soldiers. Ignore, for a moment, the permanent anguish of those Americans and Iraqis who will never see their loved one again. And consider the magnitude of the Secretary’s statement. Fear itself was the tool that became technique in this President’s push for war. Fear itself was the axe that this administration held over the heads of anyone who doubted their assertion that there was no alternative. Fear itself was the stick that they used to flog the media into submission. And now fear itself is what we are being threatened with if we decide to cut our losses.
Iraq is Bush’s war, and he lost it. This Veteran’s Day as G. W. addresses a room full of people who actually fought for what they believed in, the President’s stock “stay the course”-“we will not rest” bull shit crawls out of his mouth like date-rape whispers.
It used to be annoying but now it’s murder. His fear is palpable… and intoxicating…and contagious, and it remains the only thing we actually have to fear.