THANK YOU MR. BUSH?

House Resolution 861 declared the “war in Iraq as the central struggle in our war on terror” and should be wholeheartedly supported by one and all. My Republican Congressman, Thaddeus McCotter, voted “present” instead of yes or no. The resolution was non binding but I considered it as an insult to the intelligence of all Americans and I told him so and thanked him for not voting in support of the Republican resolution.

Mr. McCotter replied in pure political fashion saying he did not support the specific resolution BUT he still supported the President and our efforts in Iraq – playing both sides of the issue.

My objection to the resolution and the Republican and Democratic support for the war in Iraq is that we are conveniently trying to erase history and in a sense, re-write it and make President Bush and the Republican Party look like our saviors. Family members ask me how I can attack Bush when he is protecting us from the terrorists – I say bullshit!

I don’t believe we should arbitrarily leave or abandon Iraq at this very moment but I want people to realize that we are embroiled in the Iraq war and our soldiers are dying every day because Bush screwed up big time!

Bush planned to invade Iraq long before 9/11; long before there was a war on terror. After the 9/11 attack Bush basically ignored the terrorists that attacked us (Bin Laden and the Taliban are still alive and getting stronger) and pursued his original plan of attacking Iraq EVEN though Iraq had nothing to do with the 9/11 terrorists.

Now the terrorists are in Iraq because Bush created a haven there for them and a perfect place for them to gather terrorists from all over the world.

For Congress to pass a resolution praising Bush for protecting us against terrorism is a total insult to our collective intelligence. He fucked up big time and now he is using the bad situation he created to his own advantage? I don’t think we should allow him or the Republicans to put that spin on it. I think we should hold their feet to the fire and remind them every day THAT THEY CREATED THE SITUATION WE ARE IN – ENDANGERED THIS COUNTRY AND EVERY ONE OF US UNNECESSARILY AND HAVE MADE THE ENTIRE WORLD A MORE DANGEROUS PLACE.

The next president and Congress will have to spend years fixing the mess Bush and his Republicans have created and our children and grandchildren will have to spend their lives paying for it. Do you think we should praise Bush and the Republicans?

Janusz