'Principle, Not Politics'

This man is Richard Lugar, a man who has really used "principle, not politics" in his recent criticism of his party chief, George Bush. He has shown that the war in Iraq is so much more than a party, or political, situation. The question is a moral one. When Bush was questioned yesterday by the press about this break, or schism, he said that Lugar was "a good, honest man." He completely avoided the question, in other words. He then went on to use the aforementioned phrase about why he went to war in Iraq. He almost tried to sound the victim, saying that he was just like any politician: "who just wants to be loved, but makes decisions that sometimes don't get him loved."


Are we supposed to feel bad for a man that deceived his country in numerous ways, and sent 3,700 Americans to their death, while making the world more dangerous?


In the same NPR report, I listened to a "brain" from The American Enterprise Institute claim that progress is impossible if the Iraqi government believes that the US will leave in a year. According to him, the country can only move forward with a commitment of around 20 years. This type of talk is truly frightening, and reflects the viewpoint of the neocon think tanks that advised people like Cheney, and hold way too much power in Washington.


We, the people, and not think tanks, must force our leadership, to change course, and end the death in Iraq.