Reply #110: But it is Bu$h's fault! How can you realistically suggest that it is not? [View All]

Obviously, you must not have been in the US during the six months preceding the invasion of Iraq.

Bu$h and his administration were on the media, month after month, day after day, hour after hour, lying to the American people about the imminent threat that Iraq was to the US. I heard them. If it is not Bu$h's fault, whose fault is it? (Oh, yeah - Bill Clinton's...right?)

I don't think so.

We had no valid reason to invade Iraq, and we would not be in Iraq if Bush had not lied. Congressman Kucinich said this in Nov. 2002:

November 2002 issue
The Bloodstained Path
by Dennis Kucinich
Unilateral military action by the United States against Iraq is unjustified, unwarranted, and illegal. The Administration has failed to make the case that Iraq poses an imminent threat to the United States. There is no credible evidence linking Iraq to 9/11. There is no credible evidence linking Iraq to Al Qaeda. Nor is there any credible evidence that Iraq possesses deliverable weapons of mass destruction, or that it intends to deliver them against the United States.

http://www.progressive.org/nov02/kuc1102.html

Even I could tell Bu$h and his cronies were lying.

Every life and limb lost, every dollar spent, every action relevant and subsequent to the invasion and occupation of Iraq is unquestionably Bu$h's fault. He clamored for, and was selected to, the position of Commander-in-Chief. And that is where the buck stops.

He is directly responsible for every tragedy that has occurred in, and is relevant to, the war in Iraq since the invasion and occupation began.

And yes, dragging dead bodies through the streets is a horrible thing.

But this is what happens during bloody revolutions, wars, and occupations. People see their loved ones, friends or comrades killed and maimed by bullets and bombs. Their hearts get cold and they lose their normal reasoning ability. Ethics and morals are temporarily put on hold in the face of blinding rage. It happens to soldiers, and it happens to civilians.

We should never have been in Iraq.

I have a solution:

Let the entire body of adult Iraqi citizens vote democratically on the issue. Question: Do you want US troops to leave Iraq immediately? Yes or No. Paper and pencil balloting, UN election supervision. Let the Iraqis deal with the consequences of their own decisions.

Do you think they are "too ignorant" to decide this for themselves? Does the "Great White Father in Washington" know what is best for his Iraqi children?