We Are the Deciders
Ivins, Molly
I’m not trying to make George W. Bush look like the dumbest President ever, though the guy doesn’t have the sense God gave a duck. Presidents have done dumber things. What were they thinking...
...What were they thinking when they bought into the Bay of Pigs fiasco...
...The people understand, the people have the right to make this decision, and the people have the obligation to make sure our will is implemented...
...His assessment is supported by General George W. Casey Jr., who led American forces in Iraq, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who recommended releasing forces only with a clear definition of the goals for the additional troops...
...What happened to our nation that wasn’t supposed to start wars of choice...
...We know this is wrong...
...Think of something to make the ridiculous look ridiculous...
...And it’s doubly wrong for him to send 20,000 more soldiers into this hellhole...
...You have to internationalize the problem...
...About the only politician out there besides Bush actively defending a surge is Senator John McCain...
...We are the deciders...
...Stop it now...
...In a recent opinion piece, he wrote: “The presence of additional coalition forces would allow the Iraqi government to do what it cannot accomplish today on its own—impose its rule throughout the country...
...Bang pots and pans...
...And if Republicans want to continue to rubber-stamp this Administration’s idiotic “plans” and go against the will of the people, they should be thrown out as soon as possible, to join their recent colleagues...
...This war is being prosecuted in our names, with our money, with our blood, against our will...
...General John P. Abizaid, until recently the senior commander in the Middle East, insists that the answer to our problems there is not military...
...We have voted overwhelmingly against this war in polls (about 80 percent of the public is against escalation, and a recent Military Times poll shows only 38 percent of active military want more troops sent) and at the polls...
...You have to attack it diplomatically, geostrategically,” he said...
...How did we let these people take us there...
...By surging troops and bringing security to Baghdad and other areas, we will give the Iraqis the best possible chance to succeed...
...We’ve got to stop this war...
...Hit the streets...
...Demand, “Stop it, now...
...We are the people who run this country...
...A surge is not acceptable to the people of this country...
...A nation that from the beginning was against tyranny...
...Make our troops know we’re for them, and that’s why we’re trying to get them out of there...
...Every column, I’ll write about this war until we find some way to end it...
...Every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this war...
...How did we let them fool us...
...Raise hell...
...With all due respect to the senator from Arizona, that ship has long since sailed...
...Ted Kennedy’s proposal to control the money and tighten oversight is a welcome first step...
...We have lost...
...Congress must work for the people in the resolution of this fiasco...
...It is obscene and wrong for the President to go against the people in this fashion...
...This will be a regular feature of mine, like an old-fashioned newspaper campaign...
...It’s not a matter of whether we will lose or we are losing...
...How massively stupid was the entire war in Vietnam...
...Where have we gone...
...But while Bush stands there like a frozen rabbit, we don’t have that luxury...
Vol. 71 • March 2007 • No. 3
