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The Mission Accomplished Anniversary

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We all know what anniversary is today:
mission accomplished

I for one am tired of hearing about the progress being made. It’s years later and there are more and more American soldiers giving their lives for—yeah, for what?

Hussein is dead. His regime is gone. Iraq had elections and has a democratic elected government. So why in God’s name are there still American soldiers giving their lives for an accomplished mission in a country that is continuously making such progress?

Did you listen to President Bush’s speak today?

President Bush today vetoed a $124 billion emergency war-funding bill that contains a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, calling the measure “unacceptable” and saying it amounts to setting a date for “failure.”


Failure?

It very much felt like this President considers democracy only and only than when it serves his purposes. Didn’t we just had an election with the majority of the American voters expressing that they are not happy with the way how the Iraq war is handled? Aren’t there many polls stating the same? And yet—President Bush seems to be coming from a different planet.

Why doesn’t he do what all leaders do: Listen?

If just he took a few minutes and reads a newspaper or turn a radio on or TV stations…

This has long nothing to do with leadership anymore. But everything with control. The micromanaging control that does destroy more than anything else. For GOP politicians who want to get re-elected in the near future chances die away with all these “leadership” action.

What do you think—how much support does President Bush still has within the GOP?

Bush charged that lawmakers had substituted “the opinions of politicians for the judgment of our military commanders.”


Well, duh! They are politicians after all… And, remember the headlines from a few days ago: The White House Can’t Find A Military Leader

So, which military commander is he talking about anyway?


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  • Frank Kanu on Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 @ 19:36
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