Famous Casualty

Pat Tillman, 27, who left the NFL (Arizona Cardinals) to join the army after 9/11 was killed in action in Afghanistan: Former N.F.L. Player Killed in Afghanistan. He was a Ranger (wow). At least he was killed rooting out terrorists (i.e. the war, which is still going on, by the way, in Afghanistan) and not in Iraq.

With all the corroborating literature coming out (Paul O'Neil, Richard Clarke, Bob Woodward) it is increasingly clear that Bush and Co. lied to the American public about Vietnam, I mean, Iraq. And they didn't have to lie! That's what's so funny. If Bush had just said "We're going in to beat up Saddam because he is a big meanie" then the subsequent debate in the country ultimately would have supported him.

And if it didn't support war, if clear open honest communication would have resulted in letting Iraq and Saddam fester, then that's what we as a country should have done. Note, I am glad we toppled Saddam; I am glad we freed Iraq. But not at the expense of destroying our own process of Democracy.

A government that thinks they know better than the people is called a tyranny. We have a Constitution to prevent that. I know, I know; Bush wasn't elected by the Constitution; he's in power despite the law's best efforts. Even then, even with Bush being a criminal, that doesn't mean the ordinary Republicans I know have to support him.

It's kinda nuts! I mean, Clinton was taken to task for lying about adultery and possibly, yes oh yes possibly, having a shady real-estate deal when he was governor of Arkansas. But Bush here is clearly guilty of purposefully duping the American public into a war which is claiming hundreds of soldiers' lives. Soldiers who defend the constitution; ironic, eh?