[ So, I'm having an email exchange with a younger cousin who asked me the following question: "So, what is your beef with the Democratic/Obama platform this election? Is it the $9 minimum wage? Drilling in Alaska?"
I responded with a brain spew rant, as I can do at times. I removed some of it and cleaned up of the typos, although I should just leave it alone and post it as the brain stream it was.
I was planning on writing something like this anyway, so my response allows me to do it. The first part deals with terrorism ]
Bush can't communicate worth a *DAMN* and hasn't done a good job in telling the American public exactly WHY the "war on terror" is being fought the way it is being fought. Granted, he can't tell everything, and I still don't know if going into Iraq was necessary, but since we are there, and since al Qaeda (AQ) went in there are put on a show of force, it really is necessary that we kick butt, take NO names, and show them that the U.S. means biznis! The conservative/conserva-kook talking heads did a better job giving reasons to go into Iraq than the administration did. And to top it all off, Bush said Iraq wasn't tied to AQ, but Cheny was saying different. All at the same time!
What?!?!?!?!
Gen. Powell said if we go in, we break it, we own it. Well, we broke it. We own it. Now that the Iraqi government wants to stand on their own, let them. Let's get out. But let's not deny that the surge, along with the Iraqi factions standing up to AQ, worked.
But that's not all. Afghanistan is a BIG problem as is Pakistan. But it doesn't end there. The genocide in the Sudan was Muslim against Christian, Muslim against Muslim. You had to look hard for it in the press, but if you found it, you would have read that AQ and other groups associated with Islamic terrorism, were involved in the Sudan.
These
people are serious, they ARE educated, this IS a religious war, and
they are willing to play dirty. We have our laws which we must abide
by, but people need to realize, and this is where Dubyah doesn't
give a rats behind about people not realizing, that we have to get dirty in this one.
[ I didn't write what follows at the time, but I should have written it ]
The American people SHOULD question the president and congress on the desire to send the military into a war situation. the President, as commander and chief, MUST be up front with the citizens of the United States WHY we are sending the military and fight HARD to get the American people behind our actions. The President should NOT take a stance, as I think Bush has done, and just send the military in and assume the citizens of the United States should just follow because he is President.
I have no idea how Obama will handle dealing with these people. I KNOW they are no joke. I KNOW they can't be ignored. I KNOW we can't assume if we leave them alone, they will leave us alone. I KNOW we have to deal with them and be ruthless about it. I don't know if Obama knows or if he is willing to do so.
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