Two More Years of This?
President Bush declared awhile ago that we're not leaving Iraq as long as he's in office. So assuming that the Demecratically-controlled Congress doesn't either impeach Bush or find a way to short circuit the war, we as a nation will have to deal with the physical and psychological wounds that soldiers endure due to extensive deployment. Wounds that in turn, will wound our nation's credibility around the world.
Wounds like those inflicted by Sgt Paul Cortez, who -along with three other soliders- participated in the rape of a 14-yr-old Iraqi girl and the murder of her and her family.
Wounds like those inflicted on Specialist Mark Wilkerson, who had enough of the war and deserted until he felt tired of running.
Two separate cases for sure, but two separate incidents linked by one thing: a war that didn't have to happen, and definitely didn't have to happen this way. A war that's weighing very heavily on the hearts and souls of our brave troops. But because Bush won't change his plans or even the tactics in his plan (adding more bodies is hardly a "plan" and barely a "tactic") we're going to have to deal with at least two more years of friendly fire, desertions, rapes and murders.
And at the same time, we're trying to convince a nation of people that we know the best way to help them create a safe and stable government.
Wounds like those inflicted by Sgt Paul Cortez, who -along with three other soliders- participated in the rape of a 14-yr-old Iraqi girl and the murder of her and her family.
Wounds like those inflicted on Specialist Mark Wilkerson, who had enough of the war and deserted until he felt tired of running.
Two separate cases for sure, but two separate incidents linked by one thing: a war that didn't have to happen, and definitely didn't have to happen this way. A war that's weighing very heavily on the hearts and souls of our brave troops. But because Bush won't change his plans or even the tactics in his plan (adding more bodies is hardly a "plan" and barely a "tactic") we're going to have to deal with at least two more years of friendly fire, desertions, rapes and murders.
And at the same time, we're trying to convince a nation of people that we know the best way to help them create a safe and stable government.
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