anotherlook

Well in the spirit of Thanksgiving, I just listened to President Bush give his thank you to the United States troops at Fort Campbell Kentucky in which he emphasized how capturing and killing Suddam Hussein was the right decision both then and now.  It felt like he needed confirmation of this through the people who had served and fought for this/his cause. 

He went on to say that because of this, proposals were on the table being discussed at this very moment, with the government of Iraq, to bring this war to an end and to embrace democracy in that country; allowing for a United States victory in Iraq, as well as bringing a strong democratic mindset to the Iraq area; this democratic mindset being, in Bush’s eyes, an important ingredient to inhibit terrorist attacks in the world, among other things. 

While I am not so sure of that hype, I do believe it is time to wrap that war up and can only hope that the discussions in Iraq will bring about this end.  However, I do realize that only time will tell, on the real truth of those words. 

Bush ended his brief speech with the fact that for him it had been an honor to have served as Commander in Chief.  Well, I’m sure it has been an honor to have had that much control over every situation.  To be able to lie his way into achieving his pre-planned agenda of bringing Suddam Hussein down, to have ignored every suggestion so that he could, in the end, say I did it my way. 

I hope, President Bush, that after all is said and done you will be able to sleep, uninhibited, at night and that your conscience is clear because like you said in one conversation with a news reporter, when you do what you feel in your soul is right, then there are no regrets.  While those may not have been your exact words – that was the feeling your words invoked in me – that you did what you felt was right in every situation in your term of office and that you truly have no regrets.  To that end, I have to applaud your courage even if I don’t agree with your methods. 

And that’s the way I see it!!

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