Thank you for your letter requesting a contribution to elect a Democratic Congress in 2006 to "hold the President accountable."
This is a cause that I, and millions of Americans, wholeheartedly support. This includes Democrats, Independents, and a very large number of Republicans as well.
But I write to differ strongly with you on exactly how to "hold the President accountable."
Your letter delays George Bush's accountability until the distant date of January 2007 - the earliest time when Democrats could assume control of the House of Representatives after the election of November 2006.
January 2007 is 17 months from now.
Since Iraq's elections were held on January 30, 434 American soldiers have been killed in Iraq. That is nearly 65 per month. At this rate, another 1,105 American soldiers will die before Democrats would begin to "hold the President accountable" under your proposed plan.
This is morally unacceptable.
We have already paid too high a price for this war of lies: 1,871 soldiers have been killed, nearly 7,000 have been maimed, and tens of thousands have been permanently traumatized. Hundreds of Billions have already been borrowed from our children and grandchildren, and we are on track to spend Trillions.
The time for accountability is NOW.
Last October, the Duelfer Report proved Iraq had no WMD's in 2002, when George Bush used this claim to scare Congress into authorizing War.
This May, the Downing Street Memos proved these claims were not based on "faulty intelligence." Instead, the Bush administration deliberately fixed "the intelligence and facts... around the policy" - the policy of invading Iraq, even if Iraq had no WMD's at all.
The conclusion is clear: George Bush lied about Iraq to Congress, the American people, and the world.
In 1998, the Republican Congress voted to hold President Clinton accountable for his lies through Impeachment, even though only 26% of Americans thought Impeachment was the appropriate punishment for lying about sex.
Today, 42% of Americans think Impeachment is the appropriate punishment for lying about war. And that figure greatly understates true public support for Impeachment, because the media utterly refuses to discuss Impeachment -
in contrast with 1998, when Impeachment was discussed around the clock.
The imminent event in the passage of the Iraq Constitution is an attempt to pass Judgment on Saddam before he has even been brought to trial. It is an attempt to galvanize his guilt and deny him a fair trial.
To have the constitution delayed should be the order of the day in concern to Saddams trial.
The Iraqi people should be relying on the UN for aid until Saddams trial has been completed.
All the activity has been on creating a constitution while denying Saddams Trial.
Lets not forget that a passed Constitution before Saddams trial will truly prove the anarchy in Iraq and truly prove how illegitimate their Constitution is.
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Dom Jermano (20 articles, 0 quicklinks, 40 diaries, 930 comments) on Friday, Aug 26, 2005 at 6:32:40 PM
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