Ten years
ago President George W. Bush and his administration told us that we had to
invade Iraq because Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. They used
the aftermath of 9/11 to convince us that Saddam was going to use those weapons
against America. The Bush Administration used the words “mushroom cloud” and “WMDs”
at every opportunity. They said “we must fight them over there so we don’t have
to fight them over here.” Those were their talking points and they repeated
them endlessly. The problem was none of it was true and they knew it. It was
all ONE BIG DECEPTION.
The Bush
Administration and the Republican Party used our patriotism against us. If you
didn’t support their actions then you were being unpatriotic. You were not
supporting the troops. You were not an American. The media didn’t do their jobs
investigating the claims that were being made by the Bush Administration. They
let us down and as a result over 4,000 U.S. troops have been killed, over
32,000 injured and estimated 108,000 Iraqi civilians killed. There is also an
estimated 15 million displaced Iraqi people. This is the same party that is
OUTRAGED because 4 Americans were killed in Benghazi. This war has cost America
more than 3 trillion dollars. Money the Bush Administration said would come
from Iraqi oil. They said the war would only take about 18 months but it lasted
9 years and some Republicans wanted it to continue.
The Bush
Administration lied us into an unjust war. They knowingly presented false information
to Congress (a felony) to get them to authorize his use of military force. Just
a side note, Congress impeached President Clinton for lying about a blowjob.
There are people from the Bush Administration on record saying Bush and Cheney
only wanted information to link Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. They didn’t
want any information that would contradict what they wanted. They told the FBI
and the CIA to find the connection. They wanted this war and nothing was going
to stop them. There are even
unclassified records from November 2001 that states that the Bush Administration
had plans to invade Iraq. They planned to justify starting the war by disputing
WMD inspections. They doctored the evidence they were given and took us to war.
Things that were possible were presented as fact.
When we talk
about things the Bush Administration did wrong I would be remiss if I didn’t
mention torture. It is against international law to torture someone and that
was something this country used to agree with. Now I’m not so sure. We cannot
be a nation of laws and then turn our backs on those same laws when times get
bad. Imagine what the world would be like if everyone did that. Every day is a
bad day for someone. Laws exist for a reason and should be followed, always.
President
Bush and most of his Administration are criminals. The same goes for President
Reagan with Iran Contra and his intervention in delaying the Iran hostages
release under President Carter. The same goes for President Nixon with his intervention
in extending the Vietnam War under LBJ. These guys are criminals and should be
viewed as such. The people that support Republicans and their criminal actions
later cry foul on Benghazi. Give me a break. They care NOTHING about human
life. The only thing they care about is MONEY and POWER.
It’s been
ten years and there is still time to do the right thing and prosecute Bush and
his administration before they rewrite history. Well that’s my opinion on ten
years later.
