Ooops

In a long line of Iraq oops and whoops this administration has added a new one.

The U.S. erred by first assigning the task of shaping the judicial system in a largely lawless country to the State Department and private contractors who "did not have the expertise or the manpower to get the job done," Hamilton and Meese said in testimony obtained by The Associated Press.

In 2004, the mission was assigned to the Defense Department, which devoted more money to the task. But department officials also were insufficiently trained for the job, Hamilton and Meese said.


As a result, Iraq has little if any on-the-street law enforcement personnel or a functioning judicial system free of corruption, they said.

And again, the bush administration is demanding that we "trust" the decider with more oops and whoops decisions. They still have their 18% of the population following them like the good sheep they are. To Shrub and Co.'s credit, there are still even a handful of congressmen who, obviously are ready to retire, also follow and bow, "yes master..."

I think it's time we put away the party lines and looked at the big picture. Iraq is a disaster. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians are dead. Thousands of American soldiers are dead and thousands more are without limbs and maimed for life. It was botched and doomed for failure the moment Shrub mentioned it. The Afghan government is now making deals with the Taliban. So much for your war on terror. Personally, I think we should re-name this political slogan (because that's exactly what it is!) "The War FOR Terror."

We need to look here at home as well. We have a national debt that will take careful planning and several generations to get rid of. We have a middle class that now lives below or at the poverty line. Unemployment is at an all time high.

We must agree, big business are doing well. Just look at Wall Street or Exxon's net earnings for its last quarter. No wonder the right is hell bent against a raise in the minimum wage.

And now, we are to trust him to add more victims, I mean soldiers to Iraq and in the meantime wage another illegal war of aggression on Iran? When is enough enough? When can the blinders come off? When and how can we make this stop?