Bush is fighting that war within as hard as he is fighting the insurgents out in Iraq, those people who want to pry Bush's hands off of Iraqi soil and oil, as much as he is fighting those of us who want to pry Bush's hands off of our Constitutional Democracy. Echoing in some fashion Pelosi’s words of April 18th, 2007, “... we must work together[,]” Bush said, "...I believe we [Bush and Congress] can work a way forward.
Of course, Nancy Pelosi is in for a rude awakening if she thinks Bush is willing to work towards finding a mutually satisfying solution to the pull out of Iraq or to allowing Congress to have any kind of a voice which is not his own ... Sure! Bush can find a way forward ... just as long as it is his way forward, don’t you know? I can hear it all in the vinegar of his voice and I can see it in his half tilted head on his extended neck.
Sadly Iraq is also about the carnage brought on by the Bush invasion and occupation of a sovereign nation vs. having the wisdom to stop that carnage without more carnage, through getting ourselves out of a place where we were never invited into, never welcomed into, never greeted as a liberating force, and never once a place which dreamed of having its own democratic form of government until Bush, his army, and his greed for oil went in with the sorry excuse of, “wake up and smell the roses people...we bring you gifts of democracy and more.”
Iraq is about congress having enough spine and courage to say NO to Bush.
Iraq’s funding bill now—and should have been from day one-- is about saying NO to Bush’s crimes. Iraq’s funding bill now is about saying NO to Bush’s tantrums. Iraq is about saying NO to Bush’s dictatorship. Iraq is about our congress being courageous enough to tell Bush, “Again, Señor Forajido, It is time to end this occupation--what part of NO, do you not understand?” The Iraq funding bill now is about our congress having the ability to function in a democratic way.
Iraq is not our joy toy. Its oil does not belong to us. It is time for our courageous congress people to realize that Bush is no Petruchio and Congress is no Kate. Even if Bush thinks that he is Petruchio and Congress is his Kate... whom he could send to the back room without supper, or voice, or vote, until they do what he wants them to do; until they come out of the backroom with a letter (bill) of approval and compliance to his will, in which case, congress ought to just stop the charade, fold its tent, go home and let Bush run the country like the dictator that he is; the dictator that he encapsulated in the words, “if congress wants to test my will ... as to whether I’ll accept a timetable ... I won’t accept one.”
It is time for congress to have its say. It is high time for congress to send Bush to the backroom without supper, and it is time to deflate Bush’s overgrown, oversized ego which is threatening to swallow up not just the whole of Iraq but America as well and God only knows what other points beyond the pond.
It is time to let Bush crumble a little... or a lot if he needs to.
It is time for Kate to stand up to Petruchio and say, You may have rights, dear darling husband but I, too, have rights and I won’t take any more railroading from you!
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