The GOP is twitching...
2006 is an election year and due to bad press about the war in Iraq and gas prices, even Red State voters are telling their Congressfolk "This ain't right..."And Wisconsin Democrat Russell Feingold has this to add:
"There's a deepening feeling of dismay in the country about the way things are going in Iraq," Feingold said. He rejected Bush's assertion that a deadline would make it easier for insurgents to simply hang on. "I think he's wrong. I think not talking about endgames is playing into our enemies' hand."
He would like to see a full pullout by the end of '06. Rock on, Russell.
Didn't help, I'm sure, to hear about over 1,600 vigils happening around the country which included a registered 50,000 (according to MoveOn.org) all in support of Cindy Sheehan and against the war. There were some pro-Bush supporters trying to counter the vigils, but from what I have read thus far, they were not well attended. Last night at Rockefeller Plaza, we dealt with one guy who shouted across at our candles "Go Bush! George W." only to have plenty of comebacks thrown right back at him such as "Why don't YOU got to Iraq? Why don't you send YOUR kids? Bush LIED!" etc. Silly, silly man: do not mess with the Peace activists. I have to admit that it was kind of amusing to have a peace vigil outside the Today Show windows cause the majority of the tourists just didn't know what to make of us. Though I must give it up to the older woman on a bus of Japanese tourists who flashed the peace sign to us through the window.
And I really don't think it helped George's condition to hear about a pre-war memo that divulged military strategists fears about gaps in the planning:
"One month before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, three State Department bureau chiefs warned of "serious planning gaps for post-conflict public security and humanitarian assistance" in a secret memorandum prepared for a superior."
See, what those bureau chiefs failed to see was the title of the war memo: The Cocky Bastard Plan for Invading Iraq *"gaps? there are no gaps? they're just going to surrender, see us as liberators and hand Hussein over to us on a platter. It's a slam dunk, I tell ya!"*
Therefore, I'm sure those guys were like "I'm not lettin' my kid sign up for this"...as have a lot of folks...which, if the administration and die-hard supporters think they can continue to do, well they got another think coming...
IN THE MEANTIME...Rumsfeld has not had to make any more "surprise" visits to Iraq to boost morale...but he has been sent to Peru to "promote stability" in a nation that just shook up it's government. Um...Rumsfeld...promoting stability...if he's promoting stability like he promotes progress in Iraq then Peru doesn't stand a chance...
So while you ponder what made the administration send Rummy to South America, KEEP E-MAILING! E-mail, call, fax, write your friends and family, the press and your Congressfolk and let them know that you are PAYING ATTENTION! And, as always, pass it on, pass it on, pass it on.
Peace --Alex
posted by funkweee @ 2:00 PM
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