Betrayal
If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator.
--George W. Bush
--George W. Bush
Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. Frankly, I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing.
--Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953)
--Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953)
I met a young man yesterday while conducting a business transaction by phone, and as it came up relevant to the business at hand, I mentioned this site to him. Courteously he said, "Yes, ma'am. I'll definitely be looking at that when I get home." A few moments on into the transaction, he said, "I have recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq. I am very disturbed by the President saying, I'm the decision-maker. I thought this was a democracy."
His tone seemed imploring. I thanked him for his service, and told him I thought he was not alone in that thought. I wanted to say or do something more, but the span of probably a thousand miles and the limitations of time prevented it, whatever it might have been. I repeated my invitation to visit the site.
Betrayal is a nasty business.
--by Lisa
posted by rangeragainstwar at 4:31 PM
2 Comments:
I cannot tell you how deeply I appreciate your joint blog. As a federal employee I have been struggling with a surreal sense of what german bureaucrats must have felt like around 1933...
You remind me that it is not hopeless.
wicheekate,
As a retired Federal employee myself (in addition to my military service), I understand the cognitive dissonance you endure. On my side of things, that's the reason I started this call in the wilderness. Letters like yours provide incentive to continue.
Unlike 1933 Ger., our last election should have solved this dilemma; thus far it hasn't. Congress must stiffen their resolve, and execute their constitutional authority. Thank you for your participation,
Jim and Lisa
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