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America does NOT deserve what we are now getting: a President whose plummeting popularity ratings demonstrate complete lack of credibility; many consider him the worst President in history. His Secretary of Defense, the chief architect of an unpopular war, was forced to resign. His VP, whose chief-of-staff has been convicted of perjury, is pictured under a cloud on the latest cover of TIME. His former Secretary of State admits to being misled and bulldozed, while the current Secretary flies around the world practicing ineffective shuttle diplomacy.
This same President continues bull-headedly to insist on sending more US troops into the Iraqi death-trap, believing that God is on his side and history will prove him right. One wonders what his remaining 2 years in office will bring.
Under the pretext of anti-terrorism and the Patriot Act, the Bush administration continues to violate US and international laws and the Geneva Convention. There are enough grounds to impeach, but Congress flails ineffectively while America waits.
My old friend Dave Carlson [carlsond@pacbell.net] has become a strong anti-Iraq-war activist. He writes - extract from his "WHERE'S THE PROOF?" published in the NY Times, March 2007:
"My conclusion: Bush had absolutely no credible proof of WMD, and our Congress was negligent in not demanding same. Instead, the USA was hyped into another war (we hadn't even begun to finish the war in Afghanistan) by the administration's use of Fear (another 9/11, mushroom cloud, smoking gun), and Hype ('piece of cake', 'slam dunk', 'dancing in the streets', 'shock & awe', 'minimal casualties')."
When and how will this madness end?
