At this point I believe that any one of the possibilities that the Democrats have for a nominee would not leave us in Iraq if they became our next President. Because the existing bipartisanship still has our soldiers as solidly in Iraq as they were last year at this time I still don’t claim to be Democrat and instead lay claim to being an Independent now. Bipartisanship has brought me lots and lots of tears and heartache and night terrors and lost sleep last year over military service that provided no safety for any of us on American soil and may have in actuality inspired and impassioned further acts of terrorism.
So while John Edwards has an Out Of Iraq plan very similar to the other Democratic candidates, he sports one thing that sets him apart for me and that is this portion of his Iraq plans.
Clarify the Lack of Legal Foundation for the War
The 2002 authorization did not give President Bush the power to use U.S. troops to police a civil war. Edwards believes that Congress should make it clear that President Bush exceeded his authority long ago. The president now needs to end the war and ask Congress for new authority to manage the withdrawal of the U.S. military presence and to help Iraq achieve stability.
Now we can all speculate all day long about how and why President Bush has used our troops to police a civil war he created but I’d like to stay with the facts and just acknowledge that he is and he did. And he did so without any oversight from anyone other than Laura for a hell of a long time. Now he does so with as precious little oversight as he can manage to dodge, finagle, threaten, beg, borrow and steal. And that shouldn’t ever happen to us ever again, I know it should never ever happen to our soldiers and their families ever again. It’s time for people to be accountable. After people are once again accountable for their actions I think I might be able to start making some nice.
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Doesn’t sound like it to me, Tracy, but what a fresh breath of air he is.
Best, Terry
and another wonderful, strong, and emotional title.
truth be told, i gave up on John for fear of well… just afraid if he isn’t what he says he is. i don’t think i could bear it.
i’m glad to have your POV…
and defended the rights of average Americans throughout his entire legal career and in the Senate.
If those credentials aren’t enough to convince voters he would fight for us as president, then they are pretty damn hard to satisfy.
Go John! I hope you win big tonight!
around trying like hell to balance my ‘purist’, enemy of the possible, mentality with the on the ground reality we seem to have to deal with. I have avoided the cult (other then the HRC hate cult)and focused on the best way to move this shit, treading between the camps. Edwards is the only viable candidate that even acknowledges what is wrong. Foreign policy is a murky area for me with him, Why the vote?
RFK, my big all time pol, white dude, started out really dicey, he was a commie hunter a pit bull of the status quo. As humans do he moved through the process and became my hero(course they killed him) nothing is static all things are possible, the only one in contention that even steps up to the plate is Edwards. Batter up, John and just please hit that sucker.
This is not a happy thing to learn — understatement!
Tra la la la la
After nearly half a century, the ghost of Gene McCarthy lives.
The Children’s Crusade finally won against the Daleys, the Bushes, the Kennedys, the David Dukes and Al Sharptons, the Clintons and the Liebermans, the corporations and lobbyists, the wingers and the lites.
Most beautiful of all, Lady Hawk was knocked out by a left hook from women voters.
Love them ladies.
Wish it had been the populist but Obama is mighty fine.
What a wonderful night.
Best, Terry
Since Kucinich has been so unfairly treated by all the media, I am very happy to see Kucinich get this time on TV!