Democrats Blow Chance to Hold Bush Accountable for Iraq Policy

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Tue, 23 Aug 2005 13:23:55 -0700 (PDT)

Re: Democrats Blow Chance to Hold Bush Accountable for Iraq

Policy

 

 

 

--- dave danmore <plasticene_001 wrote:

> Democrats Blow Chance to Hold Bush Accountable for Iraq Policy

 

 

When the going gets tough, Democrats, as usual, run away...

 

But this isn't " tough " for Christs sakes! The problem, is that if a

Democrat

comes out against the war, that means, they somehow hate our troops

and are

un-American and Dems are so afraid of that.

 

But that's nothing but republican logic! It's not our troops fault

they have a

dick as commander in chief!

 

Besides, does a baseball fan of a team that's having a lousy year

" hate " his

team? Does he stop " supporting " them?

 

Heck, doesn't he admit they ARE having a lousy season? Or does he try

and put

a nice spin on all their loses?

 

Give me a freakin break. This is just more republican logic - and yet

we have

brain dead Democrats running away like scared little bunnies, afraid

to throw

it right back to them.

 

But let me see if I have this straight....for arguments sake, if we

did have a

President, that really did start an uncessary war (let's call him Bill

Clinton)

and it turned into a colossal disaster, it would be wrong to speak out

about

it?

 

 

 

 

dave danmore <plasticene_001

Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:03 pm

Democrats Blow Chance to Hold Bush Accountable for Iraq Policy

 

 

Democrats Blow Chance to Hold Bush Accountable for Iraq Policy

 

 

 

Friday, July 1, 2005

 

Contacts:

Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty

Nancy Allen, Media Coordinator, 207-326-4576, nallen

 

Greens press Downing Street Memo and evidence of massive deception,

responsibility for thousands of dead Iraqi civilians and U.S. troops, and the

need for impeachment, while Democrats cautiously criticize Bush's Iraq strategy.

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Green Party leaders accused Democratic Party elected

officials of failing to hold President Bush sufficiently responsible for

betraying the trust of the American people, after the President used the 9/11

attacks to justify the administration's planned invasion and occupation of Iraq

during his speech on Tuesday, June 28.

 

" What the President told America in his speech wasn't grounds for cautious

criticism -- it was grounds for impeachment, " said Elena Everett, chair of the

North Carolina Green Party and Co-chair of the Green Party's Peace Action

Committee. " None of the Democratic leaders who criticized Mr. Bush are willing

to admit that the enormity of his deception deserves impeachment. None of them

are willing to demand a halt to the slaughter of Iraqi civilians and U.S. troops

by ending the occupation. "

 

Democratic Party leaders avoided criticism of the war itself, and instead

focused on Mr. Bush's military strategy and leadership style. Rep. Nancy Pelosi

( Calif. ), House minority leader, said, " The president missed an opportunity

tonight for straight talk to the American people. " Sen. Ted Kennedy ( Mass. )

called the President's Iraq policy " adrift. " A statement by Democratic Chief

Deputy Whip Diane DeGette ( Col. ) accused the Bush Administration of " poor

planning. " Sen. Joe Biden ( Del. ) said, " I really do think [the war is]

winnable, but you've got to keep the American people following with you. That's

why I urged them to give the speech. "

 

While some noted the disconnect between 9/11 and the Iraq war, none of the

Democratic leaders quoted mentioned the Downing Street Memo, which documents the

administration's intention in mid 2002 to launch a military invasion while

President Bush called such an action a " last resort. " All support continued

military occupation, despite indications that the U.S. military presence will be

longterm, will lead to further strife and massive casualties, and cannot

guarantee democracy in Iraq.

 

Greens have called the President's actions and statements grounds for

impeachment, and have demanded an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq

..

 

" The invasion made the world less, not more secure from terrorism, " said Rebecca

Rotzler, Co-chair of the Peace Action Committee and Deputy Mayor, Village of New

Paltz, NY. " The only connection between the war on Iraq and the war on terror is

that, by invading Iraq -- where al-Qaeda had zero or negligible presence before

the invasion -- President Bush opened up Iraq to al-Qaeda, which is exploiting

the chaos there and using Iraq as a training camp. "

 

" In his June 28 address, despite earlier admissions that there was no connection

between Iraq and the 9/11 attacks, President Bush cynically and dishonestly

tried to exploit fears of terrorism as a justification for the war and continued

occupation of Iraq. Such willful deception is consistent with the revelation of

the Downing Street Memo that intelligence needed to be 'fixed' to justify the

invasion. As long as Democrats -- except for a few like Rep. John Conyers

[Mich.], who held a hearing on the Downing Street Memo -- treat the

Administration's actions as a mere policy or strategy disagreement and a matter

of insufficient planning, we hold the Democratic Party as responsible as

Republicans for the mounting death and mayhem in Iraq and lawlessness of the

Bush White House, " said Ms. Rotzler.

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