Spinning a Web of Lies

How many of us have heard the mantra, "We can win in Iraq" or something similar?

I have spent three years listening to this. Again, we are now listing to the minorities in Congress rant this phrase over and over. If it isn't this it's words like "victory" and another personal favorite, "losing is not an option." Which ranks right up there with "If we don't fight them there, we'll have to fight them here". All lies.

We've heard that during WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam.... Can we get some originality in this administration - please!

Back on the Iraq mantra's, what is there to "win" in Iraq? We are bombarded with this "victory" ideal, yet no one can seem to answer that question. Hell, I have yet to see anyone ask. According to Bush's speech leading us into this abyss, it was to find WMD's, oust Saddam and liberate the Iraqi people. Maybe I was dreaming, but it seems to me these points have been "mission accomplished". So, whats to win?

Let's see, Bush's new stock is in coffin making companies? Flag making Companies? Ethnic cleansing isn't "mission accomplished"?

Or could it be, this?

Iraq could hold almost twice as much oil in its reserves as had been thought, according to the most comprehensive independent study of its resources since the US-led invasion in 2003.

The potential presence of a further 100bn barrels in the western desert highlights the opportunity for Iraq to be one of the world’s biggest oil suppliers, and its attractions for international oil companies – if the conflict in the country can be resolved.

If confirmed, it would raise Iraq from the world’s third largest source of oil reserves with 116bn barrels to second place, behind Saudi Arabia and overtaking Iran.

Now, with such an honest and God fearing president, that can't possible be true right?

Remember this?

We know that the regime has produced thousands of tons of chemical agents, including mustard gas, sarin nerve gas, VX nerve gas. Saddam Hussein also has experience in using chemical weapons. He has ordered chemical attacks on Iran, and on more than forty villages in his own country. These actions killed or injured at least 20,000 people, more than six times the number of people who died in the attacks of September the 11th.

And surveillance photos reveal that the regime is rebuilding facilities that it had used to produce chemical and biological weapons. Every chemical and biological weapon that Iraq has or makes is a direct violation of the truce that ended the Persian Gulf War in 1991. Yet, Saddam Hussein has chosen to build and keep these weapons despite international sanctions, U.N. demands, and isolation from the civilized world.

How about this?

America believes that all people are entitled to hope and human rights, to the non-negotiable demands of human dignity. People everywhere prefer freedom to slavery; prosperity to squalor; self-government to the rule of terror and torture. America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us. When these demands are met, the first and greatest benefit will come to Iraqi men, women and children. The oppression of Kurds, Assyrians, Turkomans, Shi'a, Sunnis and others will be lifted. The long captivity of Iraq will end, and an era of new hope will begin.

We all know how that worked out, don't we?

Now, this:

We did not ask for this present challenge, but we accept it. Like other generations of Americans, we will meet the responsibility of defending human liberty against violence and aggression. By our resolve, we will give strength to others. By our courage, we will give hope to others. And by our actions, we will secure the peace, and lead the world to a better day.

What about March of '03?

We come to Iraq with respect for its citizens, for their great civilization and for the religious faiths they practice. We have no ambition in Iraq, except to remove a threat and restore control of that country to its own people.

I know that the families of our military are praying that all those who serve will return safely and soon. Millions of Americans are praying with you for the safety of your loved ones and for the protection of the innocent. For your sacrifice, you have the gratitude and respect of the American people. And you can know that our forces will be coming home as soon as their work is done.

Well, those are Bush's words, not mine. So, tell me, what's to win? Why are we still there? And what makes Bush or Cheney or any neocon for that matter believe that they are better than these "terrorist producing" states? Maybe it's just me, but when I re-read these speeches, I thought I saw this administration become what they say they are defending us from.

These words and actions are acts of treason. We must impeach now and bring our troops home. It will take decades to recover from the lies and hell the last six years have done to us, to other nations, to our reputation, to our people.

Support our troops with respect and honor they deserve. Demand Impeachment.

*Thanks to Jim at Derosas World for the Link.