letter from my senator
I just got a letter from my senator. Kay Bailey sends her love. AND she
thanked me for contacting her regarding "the situation in iraq". and she welcomes my thoughts and comments on this issue. AND she appreciates hearing from me and hopes I will not hesitate to keep in touch on any issue of concern to me!
WOW!
The problem with my senator is that a wax figure would do just as good a job representing me in congress. She just regurgitates the GOP line. and nothing she says makes any sense to me.
In her letter of July 20th she says:
"I understand the tremedous sacrifices out soldiers and their families endure. I had the opportunity to travel to Iraq to visit our troops and assess the situation first-hand."
She never got out of the airport during her visit to Iraq.
The letter continues with this:
"Even though Saddam Hussein's regime has been removed from power, ruthless killers still strive to hinder development of a democratic Iraq. The Iraqi people deserve the opportunity to craft their own destiny, and America is committed to helping them in this process."
So. If we are there to help, why did we drop thousands of bombs on Bagdad? Why did we level Falluja flat? The Iraqis deserve the opportunity to craft their own destiny? Then why didn't we let them overthrow Saddam themselves?
What if we instead called the the opposition fighters that Kay Bailey calls "ruthless killers", opposing the US troops' invasion of Iraq, freedom fighters? Isn't it just a matter of linguistic gymnastics? Don't those fighting in opposition to the American occupation forces want freedom too.
Then her letter says:
KB: "More than eight million Iraqi citizens turned out to vote in historic elections held on January 30, 2005, and the newly-seated Parliament continues to make progress setting up a representative government."
[eight million voted, what is the population of Iraq? possibly over 24 million]
While the Iraq elections are a good thing. That was 6 months ago. Things there have not improved for our troops they are still the target of attacks every day. It is good that a government is being set up - too bad they didn't plan that before they started bombing.
KB: "As this new government takes hold, our uniformed men and women are working to defeat a brutal insurgency that routinely targets innocent Iraqis. Their mission includes training Iraq's own police and military forces who are increasingly assuming responsibility for their country's security. "
While the insurgency -is- brutal and seems to be growing in strength, the fact that Bush's plan did not include the scenario that US troops would not be welcomed as liberators is a failure in planning. Why should our troops pay with their lives and limbs for a failure of the government to plan- this is not a noble cause.
Also, the rate of gain in number of Iraqi police and military forces who are trained and ready is too slow. This is because those who work with us are then targets for the violent attacks by those who oppose the occupation. The only way for Iraqis to make dramatic gains is for us to leave. Take away the catalyst leave space for those who wish to be police and soldiers to own their country. True, they may have a small civil war but that is far better than this thing that we cannot win. It is logically impossible to win this. Freedom is something that it is just impossible for us to *give* to them. They get freedom exactly by us leaving.
KB: "Setting an arbitrary timeline for withdrawal of our forces would embolden the enemy and jeopardize all the progress made in Iraq thus far."
I dont want an arbitrary timeline. I want our troops out now. There has been no progress in Iraq. Unless you want to look at Falluja where some people are returing to rebuild their homes that we liberated them from.
KB: "A stable, democratic Iraq will make America safer and be a major victory in the war on terrorism."
This is still the worst fallacy. Iraq as a state was not a terrorist base before we went there and made the weapons inspectors leave so we could start bombing. If my senator thinks this is the war on terrorism then she is not competent to serve and should resign immediately.
KB: "You may be certain I will monitor this situation closely and keep your views in mind."
right.
thanked me for contacting her regarding "the situation in iraq". and she welcomes my thoughts and comments on this issue. AND she appreciates hearing from me and hopes I will not hesitate to keep in touch on any issue of concern to me!
WOW!
The problem with my senator is that a wax figure would do just as good a job representing me in congress. She just regurgitates the GOP line. and nothing she says makes any sense to me.
In her letter of July 20th she says:
"I understand the tremedous sacrifices out soldiers and their families endure. I had the opportunity to travel to Iraq to visit our troops and assess the situation first-hand."
She never got out of the airport during her visit to Iraq.
The letter continues with this:
"Even though Saddam Hussein's regime has been removed from power, ruthless killers still strive to hinder development of a democratic Iraq. The Iraqi people deserve the opportunity to craft their own destiny, and America is committed to helping them in this process."
So. If we are there to help, why did we drop thousands of bombs on Bagdad? Why did we level Falluja flat? The Iraqis deserve the opportunity to craft their own destiny? Then why didn't we let them overthrow Saddam themselves?
What if we instead called the the opposition fighters that Kay Bailey calls "ruthless killers", opposing the US troops' invasion of Iraq, freedom fighters? Isn't it just a matter of linguistic gymnastics? Don't those fighting in opposition to the American occupation forces want freedom too.
Then her letter says:
KB: "More than eight million Iraqi citizens turned out to vote in historic elections held on January 30, 2005, and the newly-seated Parliament continues to make progress setting up a representative government."
[eight million voted, what is the population of Iraq? possibly over 24 million]
While the Iraq elections are a good thing. That was 6 months ago. Things there have not improved for our troops they are still the target of attacks every day. It is good that a government is being set up - too bad they didn't plan that before they started bombing.
KB: "As this new government takes hold, our uniformed men and women are working to defeat a brutal insurgency that routinely targets innocent Iraqis. Their mission includes training Iraq's own police and military forces who are increasingly assuming responsibility for their country's security. "
While the insurgency -is- brutal and seems to be growing in strength, the fact that Bush's plan did not include the scenario that US troops would not be welcomed as liberators is a failure in planning. Why should our troops pay with their lives and limbs for a failure of the government to plan- this is not a noble cause.
Also, the rate of gain in number of Iraqi police and military forces who are trained and ready is too slow. This is because those who work with us are then targets for the violent attacks by those who oppose the occupation. The only way for Iraqis to make dramatic gains is for us to leave. Take away the catalyst leave space for those who wish to be police and soldiers to own their country. True, they may have a small civil war but that is far better than this thing that we cannot win. It is logically impossible to win this. Freedom is something that it is just impossible for us to *give* to them. They get freedom exactly by us leaving.
KB: "Setting an arbitrary timeline for withdrawal of our forces would embolden the enemy and jeopardize all the progress made in Iraq thus far."
I dont want an arbitrary timeline. I want our troops out now. There has been no progress in Iraq. Unless you want to look at Falluja where some people are returing to rebuild their homes that we liberated them from.
KB: "A stable, democratic Iraq will make America safer and be a major victory in the war on terrorism."
This is still the worst fallacy. Iraq as a state was not a terrorist base before we went there and made the weapons inspectors leave so we could start bombing. If my senator thinks this is the war on terrorism then she is not competent to serve and should resign immediately.
KB: "You may be certain I will monitor this situation closely and keep your views in mind."
right.
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