It's Time to Impeach President Bush

By Carlos T Mock


President Bush invaded Iraq three years ago looking for weapons of mass destruction. When he found none, he said that Saddam Hussein was a tyrant that needed to be removed, even though there are worse tyrants in the world than Saddam Hussein—just look at North Korea or Iran—and we still engage them in diplomacy rather than unprovoked war. Then you have claims that US troops have killed more innocent Iraqi civilians in three years than Saddam did in all his years of power...

Mr. Bush’ “argument” then shifted to “The spread of Democracy in the region as the only way to combat terrorism.” But when the results of a true democracy in the Middle East brought Hamas to power in Palestine, America withdrew all financial aid from the Palestinians because their democracy was not beneficial to US interests.

So why don't we do the sensible thing and admit that we made a mistake, we have no right to be in Iraq, they do not want democracy, and just leave? Mr. Bush claims that it would bring civil war to the country. “We must stay the course.”

Today’s (February 23, 2006) Financial Times front headlines read: “Civil War Feared in Iraq after Mosque Bombings”. Two bombs ripped through one of Iraq’s most famous Shia religious shrines, sparking retaliatory attacks and deepening fears that the country was slipping into civil war.

What will the Bush Administration say now?

Who cares?

I say impeach Mr. Bush, try him for war crimes, and get America out of Iraq before we shed more American blood for absolutely no good reason.