BUSH’S DESPERATION IS BECOMING CLEAR
By Schuyler ThorpeAuthor and Political ActivistIn an effort to paint Iraq the central war on terror, Bush rushed to declassify information that the American public had known since this war on Iraq began:
That Osama bin Laden is going to use Iraq as the central staging point for his attacks.
Does W think we are
stupid?
That one day we would wake up and say, “Hey! You’re right! We should stay in Iraq until the job is done?”
I think not!
The sad fact is, is that Iraq wasn’t the central stage in our terror war. That was Afghanistan.
We should’ve stayed there.
But we didn’t. Or rather
Bush didn’t. Bush made the rash assumption that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and rushed in to overthrow Saddam–by taking his eyes off Osama at Tora Bora for a split second.
And in that split second, Bush blinked, and Osama escaped. The bulk of his leadership escaped, while a great many of his followers were killed in the ensuing US invasion.
After toppling Saddam’s government, Bush inadvertently created a
vacuum in which the insurgency and groups like Al-Qaeda could fill with splintered-association groups, and keep the American-led coalition hopelessly pinned down through constant fighting.
And it’s worked.
Now, Bush is desperately trying to paint this war as the central war on terror–desperate to regain whatever support he still has left to him.
Like he’s done in the past when things have gone south in Iraq.
And they have.
But no matter what, neither Bush or any future President can fight what’s begun.
By shifting the war to Iraq–instead of Afghanistan–we’ve created a nightmare scenario that could’ve only come from a fictionalized movie.
And with each passing day, we are paying for it in both blood and treasure.
All because Bush wanted Iraq for his very own.Schuyler Thorpe is an author, a political activist, and a frequent letter writer to The Everett Herald of Snohomish County. He can be reached at: starchildalpha1@yahoo.comLabels: Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Bush, civil war, desperation, insurgency, Iraq, Saddam, Tora Bora
DOES HOLLYWOOD THINK ITS ABOVE THE LAW?
By Schuyler ThorpeAuthor and Political ActivistBack in 1997, I was living at a men’s mission–and classified as being “technically homeless”–after having some living arrangement problems of my own.
At one point, I had missed the curfew time of the mission and was facing a cold night out on the street.
So–as dumb as I was–I decided that for survival’s sake, I would break into the storage place I had my stuff in, and grab a blanket for the night.
To make a long story short, I got busted for breaking and entering. I spent a week at the jail, then paid my fine and moved on.
But it seems odd don’t you think? In the last 10 years or so, the Hollywood elite seems to think that
it is above the law–and so they go
out of their way to break those laws–and then whine about it when they get caught.
None of these retards ever serve any serious jail time for the crimes they’ve committed in society!
What? Do they think it’s just some big joke? That their money, wealth, and fame, can save them from spending a few months in jail to more than 20 years in prison for the shit they‘ve pulled?
So why is Paris Hilton so highly rated that she can escape spending 45 days behind bars?!
Take a cue from society, you spoiled bitch: You do the crime, you do the time
!!!
And that goes for the rest of you Hollywood throwbacks! Stop treating the crimes you commit as being ‘no big deal’! If you want people to start looking up to you and idolizing you–
then you had better start playing by the rules of law and pay a penance to society when you get caught!
You’re not doing yourselves any favors by playing the role of the innocent and expecting leniency when any of you break the law!
This is
not the kind of role model my kids should have!
Schuyler Thorpe is an author, a political activist, and a frequent letter writer to The Everett Herald of Snohomish County. He can be reached at: starchildalpha1@yahoo.comLabels: accountability, Hollywood, law, Mel Gibson, Paris Hilton, role models
SURVEY SHEDS SOME SAD FACTS ON IRAQ WAR CONDUCT
By Schuyler ThorpeAuthor and Political ActivistWhat did we go to Iraq for? To find Saddam’s WMDs? Nope.
To overthrow a once US-supported impotent dictator? Nope.
To give the Iraqis their freedoms and liberties? Nope.
To make Iraq a model of freedom and democracy in the Middle East? Nope.
So what
did we go to Iraq for?
Well, according to a latest survey of US troops, we went there to torture the very people we are trying to save,
and to mistreat civilians while we’re at it.
Shocking?
Yes.The study by an army mental health advisory team found continuing problems with morale and that acute mental health issues were more prevalent among troops with lengthening tours or on their second and third deployment to Iraq.
So what does this mean?
It means that our troops mental facilities are
breaking down with each extended tour. It would explain a lot about the Haditha incident last fall and Abu Ghraib in 2004.
This report says that the burden of extending tours and an endless war is wearing down our military–and as a result–our government is either
blind or inherently ill-equipped to deal with the situation.
But more than that, it shows that our troops are beginning to show a
hardened, indifferent attitude towards Iraqi civilians:
Exhibiting behavior which would almost suggest a teenage
mentality.Examples:
About 10 percent of soldiers surveyed reported mistreating non-combatants or damaging their property when it was not necessary.
Less than half of the soldiers and marines would report a team member for unethical behavior.
More than a third of all soldiers and marines reported that torture should be allowed to save the life of a fellow soldier or marine.
Why is this happening now?
In the words of Major General Gale Pollock–the army’s acting surgeon general:
"These men and women have been seeing their friends injured and I think that having that thought is normal."And while Pollock is saying that because of their military leadership is
preventing them from acting on these thoughts, it makes one wonder:
How long will it before the military brass is burned out from constant war–and this mental “instability” starts affecting them?
Just one more reason why this war should end and end
sooner rather than
later.
But I doubt that Bush sees this as a problem. I seriously doubt that he understands the mental
strain our men and women are under.
Because to him, war is a game. But war profiteering? That is a horse of an entirely different
color.
Schuyler Thorpe is an author, a political activist, and a frequent letter writer to The Everett Herald of Snohomish County. He can be reached at: starchildalpha1@yahoo.comLabels: Bush, condone, Iraqi civilians, mental strain, report, torture, US soldiers
