Anyway...
What I am going to talk about now is the ridiculous hypocrisy surrounding General Petraeus. In case you've been living in a hole, "in January 2007, as part of his overhauled Iraq strategy, President Bush announced that Petraeus would succeed Gen. George Casey as commanding general of MNF-I to lead all U.S. troops in Iraq. " Anything else you want to know, you can look up. Anyway, Petraeus recently delivered his report to Congress and the scrutiny that he has come under is only comparable to a three ring circus.
Now, let me pause here for a second to say...I think that for us to try to set up a democracy in Iraq in complete and total insanity. Whoever thought that was a good idea needs to have their head examined. Do I think Iraq had WMD's? Yes. All the reporting that surrounded that scenario at the time made perfect sense as to whether or not there were WMD's. There was some shady stuff going down over there. But do I think that we need to cut and run at this point? No. There's too much damage that's been done. But this crap about Bush wanting to bring democracy is a load if I've ever heard it. It took our own country a couple HUNDRED YEARS to establish whatever it is that we have now. And people expect us to do it in a couple of years for Iraq? You're crazy. There is no initiative for the people to adhere to this form of government. We say it's better...they probably shrug their shoulders and say why? But the thing of it is, we're in it now. We cannot leave with no stability in that region. I am greatly concerned about what would happen to that area if we just packed up and left right now. Do I believe in continuing down a path that is not good? I think America made that decision a long time ago. Now is not the time to be discussing it. Do we need to get out of there as quickly as possible? Yes. Who wouldn't agree to that? But we need to give them some stability. And, with two uncles who graduated from the Air Force Academy, of course I fully believe in supporting our troops. So, there's no point in the attacks that these people in the military face. They are doing their job. And I cannot thank them enough for the sacrifices that they are having to personally deal with. With that said, I will proceed.
The events that have been going on in Congress in the past two days is what broke the straw on the camel's back for me. Earlier in June and July, I got so fed up with conservative talk radio that I thought I was going to vomit. Liberals are not stupid. They just think differently. I am so tired of the name calling and the "dissing" of ideas that I could jab a rusty screw into my eyeball. I don't understand why we can't just look at an issue, discuss the circumstances and then arrive at the best plan, REGARDLESS of who backs that best plan, using EDUCATED facts...not circus show antics.
But. There's only so many times you can listen to someone sing about beautiful girls making them suicidal before YOU are suicidal for hearing that song so many times. So one day, I switched over. I've been listening since then about the stories about what Petraeus is having to deal with right now and the transparency makes me want to, again, vomit. When Petraeus was brought for confirmation before the Senate in January, he was unanimously confirmed. Unanimously.
Clinton (D-NY), Yea; Obama (D-IL), Yea
Not only that, but they were PRAISING him. I don't understand where this criticism is coming from. There was one clip that I heard of the question sessions and it was completely disrespectful. The Senator, and I think it was Jack Reed of Rhode Island, but I'm not sure, asked Petraeus a question and when he started to answer, he would cut in and say, "BUT WHAT ABOUT THIS GENERAL!?" and bring up something else, and he just kept doing that...never allowing the General a hope of answering any of the questions. It was completely theatrical. And ridiculous.
I just can't take it any more. The name calling (crazy Ann Coulter), the lack of respect for humanity...they do it all for the vote (yeah, the vote.) I can understand disagreeing with something someone has to say, but it's turning into a complete circus. Hypocrisy reins in both parties. There is no standard. It's disgusting to me...like watching pigs eat at a trough. Why can't there be some bipartisan agreement? Sure, they all agreed to confirm Petraeus, but they were waiting with baited breath to jump as soon as there is a weak point found! It's like when I was a child and mom would ask my sisters and I who had done something wrong. Caroline would say, "SHE DID IT!" and I would respond with, "NUH UH, SHE DID IT." The yelling would ensue until mom took TV away from us and walk out of the room.
Is it possible to take the TV away from the Republicans and the Democrats? Can I walk out of the room and go somewhere else? I don't want to be on any of these candidate's sides. I just don't understand why they can't share their differences without the negative stabs to the other candidates. Put the FACTS out there. Let the public decide for themselves. If voting numbers go down because there is no one choosing for them, then...maybe Americans are saying they don't want democracy. They don't want the choice. They don't want to have to be educated. The Israelites wanted an earthly king to lead them. They got what they deserved in the end. Maybe we will too.
In closing, I have decided this for the 2008 elections. Ever since this was mentioned in the BTW group from Student Life at Campbell a while ago, I still am pulling for Tyler Ashworth for president. Tyler, we support you. Just don't take any money from Norman Hsu.
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edit 9/21/07: here's a link to some of the questioning transcripts http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/09/19/questioning-petraeus-squ_n_65101.html
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