Bush’s Irresponsible War on the Truth

As a member of Military Families Speak Out, I am outraged this president has the nerve to tell Americans that opposition to his quagmire is “irresponsible.”
Actions by this administration have shown nothing but a consistent, repeated pattern of irresponsible behavior toward our troops, their families and the people of Iraq.

Sending our troops into a war of choice improperly trained and shoddily equipped was irresponsible. Bush abused Veterans Day, twisting it into a political plug to disrespect those who actually do support our troops. He continues to dodge the facts regarding his use of “pre-war” intelligence. The intelligence agencies did their job.

Bush failed mention the December 2001 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) said that Iraq did not have nuclear weapons; was not trying to get them; and did not appear to have reconstituted its nuclear weapons program since the UN and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors departed in December 1998. This assessment had been unchanged for three years.

George Bush did not send my son, (a 20-year-old reservist with the National Guard) better armor to save his life-our family did. Bush is not the one having bake sales to get soldiers in the field hand-held GPS to keep them safer. He is not the one sending Kevlar gloves, baby wipes, sunscreen, razors and other things they need-that would be the soldiers’ families. I have sent my son basic hand tools, just so he could do his job -in a war I do not support. Overseas postage is not free.

Bush has ordered our troops unarmored minivans to drive through a war zone laced with IED’s-much cheaper than armored Hummers-which were not created for combat conditions, either. Entire battalions have run out of ammunition. Equipment is getting broken, with no replacements to be had. Our soldiers are greatly out numbered and over run is a concern. Does Bush wish for an exit strategy of "shooting our way out?"

We refuse to support Bush’s war for oil, or the misuse of our military. That would be irresponsible.

There is a difference between Vietnam and Iraq. Families of soldiers are determined not to let this war go on for another 10 years and 58,000 dead soldiers. How ironic that the planners of the Iraq war were men who refused to fight a war based on lies themselves- at the same time claiming they “supported that war.”

Look for a new “Gulf of Tonkin resolution” lie coming soon...as John McCain wants more blood shed for his presidents’ incompetence.

Should this administration proceed to deepen this quagmire, military families may see fit to "declare war" on an impotent Congress and an administration which continues to show little respect for the men and women in uniform.