We Can All Breathe Easier...NOT!

George Bush has announced that he knows what he is doing. Gosh, I feel a lot better now. How about you?

On Wednesday, Bush spoke at a re-selection rally in Albuquerque, sharply rejecting a proposal from John Kerry to begin to withdraw troops from Iraq within six months of taking office. "I know what I am doing when it comes to winning this war," he crowed. Bush further explained his position by saying that military commanders should be deciding troop levels.

Here might I interject the fact that many military leaders, both retired and active duty, have made their opposition to a war in Iraq perfectly clear. Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, Gen. Wesley Clark, Col. David Hackworth, Gen. Anthony Zinni, to name a few. Go to this web site for more information:

http://www.worldmessenger.20m.com/generals.html

It is my impression, having kept somewhat abreast of the war issue, that the vast majority of military people, officers and enlisted, have been critical of the Bush policies.

Then there is the arrogant posturing of George Bush, bragging about his power and great wisdom in all things, not just the Iraq war. This from a man who has never seen combat. This from a president who prides himself in NOT reading newspapers. This from a man who hasn't yet attended a single funeral of even one of our lost soldiers and who has banned any pictures from Dover Air Force Base to be shown lest Americans become upset watching the caskets arriving daily. Our "president" asks that we simply trust him. Well, it's not going to happen. Trust must be earned. George Bush has had his chance, and he has received a failing grade.

Americans have a choice in November. It is never comfortable to realize that a leader is incompetent. It takes courage to seek change and choose a new road. But we must have courage. We must give our country a new chance to be the best we can be and to reclaim the respect and admiration of the world. With Bush, we have a known quantity of more war, more deaths, more economic strife, more billionaires, more prisons, more pollution, more resentment in the world community. With President Kerry, we at least have a good chance of a new beginning, a fresh start, a president who will make America united again.