(Cross-posted from "Donkey with a Trunk")That's right, ladies and gentleman. According to Newspapers around the Globe, the Senior Al Qaeda officials are re-establishing connections in rebuilding their terrorist Network. And give these guys a few years, they're going to be worse than ever. Thanks to our actions in the Middle East and across the globe, they are gaining more converts to their cause than ever.
This is unforgivable. These bastards are responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent Americans. They should be dead. They should have been dead years ago. Instead, they are gaining power. This Administration has become so focused on political power and refusing to admit the mistakes of Iraq that they've let a devil-of-a-man and his allies go free. And instead of them paying for their crimes, they are only growing stronger.
If I may, I'd like to address the President:
President Bush, this is no longer about politics. The families of thousands of innocents in America, Great Britain, Spain, and all parts of the world still mourn family gone. The souls of 3000 Americans still cry out for justice. Justice, sir, has not been done, and will not be done until these men have been punished. Ignore them all you will, Mr. President. You may have convinced this country to forget them, but just because they're out of the opinion polls doesn't mean that they can't haunt us.
Iraq has been a disaster. But it is not the greatest failing of the Bush Presidency. Until Osama bin Laden's head is brought to New York, and until the leaders of Al Qaeda have faced the relentless hand of justice, then this country cannot heal. You may cover over the wound all you want by "not thinking about it", but that will never be enough. That is the crime of this Presidency. The greatest villain in American history slipped through our fingers; not because of money, not because of power, but over the greatest sin of all: pride. Over the refusal to focus on justice, and instead focus on the development of a legacy.
Mr. President, in all your politics and Rovian tactics, when was it, sir, that you lost your sense of justice? When was it, sir, that you forgot about the promise you made to make those responsible for 9/11 suffer? When did Osama bin Laden cease to be target number one? When did you decide that you weren't going to bring conclusion to the suffering families? Was it after you were re-elected? When was it, sir, that you sold your soul to that wicked demon known as indifference?
The ultimate litmus test of you is my father - the FOX News watching, Southern Georgia raised and bred (on a farm), NASCAR junkie, RODEO going, Pabst beer drinking, redneck that he is - lifelong Republican - 30 years in the Army - yeah that guy - he can't stand you! And gramps - the farmer - isn't too pleased that he may die with you still in office! Your base hates you. So imagine how the rest of us feel!
Also, I reserve the word "Sir and Mister" for people I respect. Otherwise, why use it? I would hate to dilute the impact of those words by referring to Bush with them.
First of all, partisan politics has the greatest influence over who fills that seat. It is the least democratic election that we have in this country. The primary system is a huge mess, as is the electoral system. Toss in big money - as all presidential elections involve - and you have the makings for a corrupt office.
I respect representative democracy the most.
If we must have a President (which we must) he should be more of a populist. Business interests outweigh national interests as a result of big money in the Presidential race. This is a shame. The only way to have a more representative president is to sever big money.
When that branch earns my respect again, I'll refer to the President as Sir. Until then, it's just another chump trying to help out big business at the expense of working-class Americans. George Bush can go crawl in a hole - Presidential Seal and all - as far as I am concerned. He brings shame to that office.
No need to ask "when" was it Dubra forgot his promise to make those responsible for 9/11 to suffer. We have had too many revelations from his former friends who have quit him in disgust. They have made it quite clear that Bush-Cheney from the very BEGINNING of Bush's time in office intended to seize the first opportunity to go after Saddam and Iraq, and eventually re-make the Middle East to their satisfaction (and that of the oil companies).
As for Bush-Rove, as events have unrolled, we can now see that, also from the very beginning, Rove was seeking a way to install Bush as "unitary executive", brushing aside the co-equal other branches of our constitutional system, and then ride the unitary executive to a permanent Republican Party majority in a one-party state under an authoritarian President.
I think she's being kind.