In a appearance before an official inquiry into Briton's role in the Iraq war, the former Prime Minister said he would do the same thing again and that Saddam Hussein's threat had assumed greater dimensions after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Like former President Bush, Blair has learned nothing from that unnecessary war.
Leaders who never learn and are incapable of admitting mistakes are truly sad people.
The country and its people suffer for their leaders bad decisions and mistakes and end up trying to paint those who did not support their decisions as unpatriotic. The fact that 8-1/2 years later Blair is still trying to make a connection between Saddam and 9-11 reveal just how sick a man he is.
The tragic mistake of Bush and Blair with the Iraq war over WMD that did not exist set the stage for the course of action that took place. The die was cast and not even the testimony of American Generals who appeared before congress and said Iraq was no threat to the security of the U.S. could not stop the war. Senator Kennedy was one of the few Senators who voted against the war resolution because he said the Generals testimony was persuasive. Kennedy and the Generals were right and ironically the war itself proved Bush and Blair were wrong.
President Obama and future Presidents should be aware of what really happened with this war and use that knowledge to never again repeat the same mistake. Most of all they have to be a President with courage and never stroke the flames of war like Bush and Blair did.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Watergate Tactics: The Preferred Method of Conservatives
The U.S. Marshall Service arrested James O'Keefe, Joseph Basel, Stan Dai and Robert Flanagan Monday January 25 and were charged with entering U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu"s New Orleans office under false pretenses for the purpose of commiting a felony. James O'Keefe was quoted as saying the sole intent was to see if Senator Landrieu was purposely trying to avoid constituents who were calling to register their views to her as their Senator.
That excuse wont wash and the operation fit the pattern of conservatives who can not compete in an open society and use tactics that have no regard for the law. It shows up in their ideology that believe only conservatives have a right to truth. The air waves are full of conservative talk about flooding elected officials offices with phone calls and faxes to protest their actions. In this case two of the accused posed as telephone repairmen and manipulated the telephone system in the office according to the report. They wanted to secretly try to catch Landrieu's office personnel not taking the phone calls.
This operation is just another bit of proof of the anti-American ideology of conservatism. Personal attacks, lies and what ever it takes to bring down the democratic process is a major element in their warped ideology. The conservative methods of trying to bring down the working of America reaches all levels of the republican party. We have seen during the health care debate how republicans in congress outright lied about health care reform in order to kill the legislation. There are no bounds to their capabilities. Those four people involved in this action against Senator Landrieu should be brought to trial swiftly.
President Obama needs to not give in to the conservatives and in fact should expose them for the anti-American ideology they stand for. The American people need to be vigilant.
That excuse wont wash and the operation fit the pattern of conservatives who can not compete in an open society and use tactics that have no regard for the law. It shows up in their ideology that believe only conservatives have a right to truth. The air waves are full of conservative talk about flooding elected officials offices with phone calls and faxes to protest their actions. In this case two of the accused posed as telephone repairmen and manipulated the telephone system in the office according to the report. They wanted to secretly try to catch Landrieu's office personnel not taking the phone calls.
This operation is just another bit of proof of the anti-American ideology of conservatism. Personal attacks, lies and what ever it takes to bring down the democratic process is a major element in their warped ideology. The conservative methods of trying to bring down the working of America reaches all levels of the republican party. We have seen during the health care debate how republicans in congress outright lied about health care reform in order to kill the legislation. There are no bounds to their capabilities. Those four people involved in this action against Senator Landrieu should be brought to trial swiftly.
President Obama needs to not give in to the conservatives and in fact should expose them for the anti-American ideology they stand for. The American people need to be vigilant.
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