George Bush, The Brave...

[cynatnite]

I was helping my mom with her computer today and accidently read an email of hers where she called George Bush a brave man and Democrats cowards. So here is my response to that...no, I didn't send it to her. I didn't want to get into a thing over this with her.

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We can start with the fact that George Bush and his administration lied us into war which has cost over 4000 lives of our military. Keep in mind that majority of Iraqis want the US out of their country. This is not the government the US has propped up…this is the actual people who are living in Iraq. Most say it’s worse now than what it was when Saddam was in power.

George Bush the brave has also condoned torture. The US convicted and imprisoned Japanese interrogators just after WWII for water-boarding. Now, it’s okay for the US to water-board since it’s not considered torture as it once was. Oh, and the brave George Bush has also allowed the detention of over 500 children in Iraq. There are organizations specifically designed to deal with children in combat. The psychological effects are very traumatic and they know how to handle juveniles who are in combat, but no…George the brave has the military lock them up.

The price of oil has gone up rapidly since George has been in office.



From a $1.31 to over $4.00 in some places. Happenings in the Middle East has a direct impact on the price of oil. That’s not counting the weather, but the more uncertain the times are the more unstable prices become. George Bush the brave started a war in the Middle East. As the war has dragged on, the prices have continued to rise.

George vetoed children’s health insurance. That was real brave of him. The rich have gotten richer under bush’s watch and the middle class have gotten poorer. More people are losing their health insurance because they can’t afford it. Wages remain stagnant. So, because George doesn’t want what some ignorant folks call ‘socialized medicine’ for children, he vetoed it and children do without.

Now, I know a lot of people think global warming is some kind of hoax cooked up by environmental nutjobs. George Bush’s administration is so brave to deny it that they edited scientific reports to fit their notions that global warming is a fantasy. As a result, standards which are designed to protect the land, air and WATER have been left by the wayside in favor of corporations for their bottom line. You see, poor corporations like oil companies have it so bad that the government lies for them so they don’t have to follow more rigid standards. As far as George the brave is concerned we’re better off polluting our land, air and water than making the corporations pay out of their profits to help protect the environment from their waste.

Of course George was brave when it came to protecting the US citizens. We should be so scared and so worried about terrorist attack that he okayed spying on American citizens, which included protest groups. He also said it’s okay to call anyone, US citizen or not, an enemy combatant. Which means the government can lock up you, me or anyone else without filing charges, not allowing a lawyer, without reading our rights, not letting us see the evidence against us and they can have a trial, find us guilty and convict us in secret. In other words, the rights our forefathers said we ALL had…GONE. History. No more.

Yes, George is very brave. Only one other president has done so much to personal liberty as he has. That would be Lincoln. Of course, Lincoln was in the midst of a Civil War where brother fought brother. There was a rationale for his decisions unlike George Bush who didn't see the need to rationalize.

Oh, and there is Katrina. Now, I know there is an urge to not blame George for this travesty, but it’s so easy. He appointed ‘Heck of a Job’ Brownie. Brownie had loads of experience. Of course, it’s easy to see that since the man was fired from running horse shows. It’d be a cinch to see how Brownie was qualified to run FEMA. Yep, that was brave of George, too. It was brave of George to say that no one could predict the levees wouldn’t hold and then to find out he was briefed on the danger of the levees breaking right before it happened.

George Bush is also brave in upending the standard foreign policy leaders have followed for previous administrations. He withdrew from several international agreements including an anti-ballistic missile treaty with Russia. It has served to help maintain a careful balance and ensured a drawdown of nuclear weapons between both nations. During Bush’s tenure nations like North Korea and Iran have grown stronger. He’s proven that punishing nations by not talking to them has worked. Iran continues to develop nuclear weapons and North Korea just ignores the US.

Bush was also very brave in starting wars…something that was normally not done by the US. Of course it’s nice that we have not been hit since 9/11. Now, we’re just lucky we haven’t been hit. Majority of imports coming into the country are not inspected. Law enforcement budgets…both national and states…have been slashed by the federal government. Gun laws have been relaxed and made easier for people to get. In Iraq, Al Qaeda is stronger than ever and the civil war currently raging there has encouraged the fighting. The terrorists don’t need to come here to hurt us. We’re there.

One of the areas that bush is the bravest…is his treatment of the military and veterans. It’s amazing that the man has so much bravery that he would extend combat tours to fifteen months. Not even LBJ or Nixon did that. A republican combat veteran who is a Senator and a Democrat combat vet both advocated lengthening the times between combat assignments in order to provide some relief for our military and their families. George was so brave that he vetoed it. George is also so brave that he’s willing to veto an upgrade to the GI benefits for our military.

Our military readiness is at an all time low. The standards have been lowered to such a degree that people who have committed violent crimes are being allowed in the military. There is a gang problem in the Army that has grown out of control. I spent four years in the Army and that may not seem like much, but it should still count for something. When I was in standards were high and a lot was expected out of us. It’s not that way anymore.

It's amazine at how brave George Bush has had to be over the years. He's started wars, stripped the constitution to nothing, ignored the international community and have made this country despised by the majority of the world. He's ruined our military, made the rich richer and the poor poorer.

In a twisted sick sort of way...George is brave for doing what no other president would do. Of course, not even Nixon was as morally bankrupt as Bush, IMO.

[jimshoes]

1. He's so brave he only has one food taster

He's so brave he won't even pee in a public urinal.