Saturday, June 19, 2004

Evidence? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Evidence
In response to the below cartoon, Norman writes: "Who needs evidence when you have an Anybody But Bush agenda? Saddam didn't fly the planes, but to suggest there was no connection or collaboration is pretty stupid."

Yes, I do have an "Anybody But Bush" agenda. But it's not my fault. The problem is that I've allowed myself to be brainwashed by the facts:
* No weapons of mass destruction have been found.
* No evidence of collaboration between Saddam and Al Qaeda has turned up. Even the White House admits that, but then adds that there were "longstanding contacts" between the two. Huh? At least when Clinton was arguing about the meaning of the word "is," people weren't dying left and right.
* Iraq is rapidly approaching a state of anarchy, or is already there.
* Oh and let's not forget that Bush told the world we would "go it alone" if necessary, which he did. And now that we can't handle it "alone," he has the audacity to demand that other countries send their troops in there.

We have improved nothing by going into Iraq. Indeed, we've only created even more instability in the Middle East. If you think we have high gas prices now, wait till you see what happens if the House of Saud falls.

As I've said before, we should have concentrated our efforts on Afghanistan, and if necessary, gone across the border into Pakistan. If we had done that, then we would probably have caught the son of a bitch responsible for 9/11 by now. Then we could have tied Osama's dead body to the back of a New York city firetruck, and dragged it through the streets of Manhattan, thereby achieving some sense of closure.

Had Bush accomplished that much, then I'd say fine, let's go get Saddam. Or Qaddafi. Or Kim. Or the Iranians. But instead we're still spinning our wheels in the sands of Iraq.

If we had stayed focused on Afghanistan and Pakistan, would 839 American soldiers still be dead? Possibly.

But at least they would have died defending the United States against a proven threat.

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---------------Rex Babin, Sacremento Bee



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