2008 Woodie Awards
Fight the Power
Jeremy Ladebauche
Issue date: 9/19/07 Section: Opinion
For the past five years, the American people have had to deal with the mismanagement from the Oval Office. For the past five years, President Bush has asked the American people to give him more chance. Well, no more. Four years ago, this president lost my backing.
After September 11, 2001, the world was united behind the United States like never before. We had the good will of the world strongly behind us. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, of which we are a proud member, was also behind us. They invoked Article Five of NATO's charter which says an "attack on one, is an attack on all."
The reports on progress in Iraq are now out, and they say exactly what all of the factors on the ground have shown: the Iraqi leaders have failed to meet their benchmarks. This is according to the independent report of the United States Government Accountability Office.
What happened on September 10, 2007, could have been seen coming from a mile away.
It was more White House sugar-coating. The top commander of the ground forces went before the American Congress, in their house, the peoples' house, and sugar-coated to us, claiming that his report is independent of White House influence. That could not be a bigger misguided statement than Bush winning the popular vote in the 2000 election.
I agree with Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) at the hearing with the Foreign Relations Committee on September 11, when she said "This war is the biggest foreign-policy mistake ever, it took our eye off of defeating the terrorists, led by Bin Laden, who killed our people six years ago today on [September 11, 2001]."
I also appreciate that she called the on the general to take off his "rosy-colored glasses." On September 13, President Bush addressed the people of the United States in his eighth so-called "major speech" on Iraq, and shockingly enough it was much of the same.
I also agree with what Senator Reed (D-RI). We, as Americans, are going to have to stand and fight. Reed also made it clear that even with the president's speech, the Democratic party will not stand down on this issue.
At this time, however, the Democratic party does not have enough votes to force this now illegal occupation to an end.
I also believe that is now time for the peoples' house to enact the number-one defensive mechanism that we do have enough votes for: impeachment. This requires only a majority vote in the House, which, without question, the Democrats have and could probably pass through with little difficulty. That is why I do not understand why Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has taken this off of the table for the time being. President Bush, I am now speaking directly to you, though I know you will probably never read what I now write, nor would you even think about it if you did read it.
Mr. President, I want to know why you lead us into a war in a country that did not attack us on September 11, 2001, with nothing but what has been discovered to be faulty and, at times, down right false intelligence?
After September 11, 2001, the world was united behind the United States like never before. We had the good will of the world strongly behind us. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, of which we are a proud member, was also behind us. They invoked Article Five of NATO's charter which says an "attack on one, is an attack on all."
The reports on progress in Iraq are now out, and they say exactly what all of the factors on the ground have shown: the Iraqi leaders have failed to meet their benchmarks. This is according to the independent report of the United States Government Accountability Office.
What happened on September 10, 2007, could have been seen coming from a mile away.
It was more White House sugar-coating. The top commander of the ground forces went before the American Congress, in their house, the peoples' house, and sugar-coated to us, claiming that his report is independent of White House influence. That could not be a bigger misguided statement than Bush winning the popular vote in the 2000 election.
I agree with Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) at the hearing with the Foreign Relations Committee on September 11, when she said "This war is the biggest foreign-policy mistake ever, it took our eye off of defeating the terrorists, led by Bin Laden, who killed our people six years ago today on [September 11, 2001]."
I also appreciate that she called the on the general to take off his "rosy-colored glasses." On September 13, President Bush addressed the people of the United States in his eighth so-called "major speech" on Iraq, and shockingly enough it was much of the same.
I also agree with what Senator Reed (D-RI). We, as Americans, are going to have to stand and fight. Reed also made it clear that even with the president's speech, the Democratic party will not stand down on this issue.
At this time, however, the Democratic party does not have enough votes to force this now illegal occupation to an end.
I also believe that is now time for the peoples' house to enact the number-one defensive mechanism that we do have enough votes for: impeachment. This requires only a majority vote in the House, which, without question, the Democrats have and could probably pass through with little difficulty. That is why I do not understand why Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has taken this off of the table for the time being. President Bush, I am now speaking directly to you, though I know you will probably never read what I now write, nor would you even think about it if you did read it.
Mr. President, I want to know why you lead us into a war in a country that did not attack us on September 11, 2001, with nothing but what has been discovered to be faulty and, at times, down right false intelligence?
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