Reply #29: Sometimes it's the ones least impressive that still carry weight

[JPettus]

Thanks for the welcome. Like you, I would love to see Bush, Cheney and Gonzo impeached, removed and tried for war crimes and then their criminal asses in prison for the rest of their lives.

However, I just don't see it happening. And the reasons I cite are very likely reasons in the backs of the new Democratic majority. Hold onto the power so they can use it to stop the war.

Bush doesn't want the war stopped on his dime. He wants the Republicans to claim the Democrats "lost" the war and that's how it will spin in 2009 when we finally remove troops from Iraq. It's not any different than the historical revisionism being pushed by conservatives that we would have won Vietnam had we only stayed there long enough. There's not a bit of truth in the claim, but conservatives aren't interested in facts; they think their opinions ARE facts.

If you impeach and lose, you won't significantly weaken Bush as commander-in-chief. In fact, you make him look stronger, as he survived the impeachment process. And if you don't KNOW you can get the votes by the time the process comes to the end, you lose.