Grandiose democracy speech + fake troop-rotation plan = endless war

[neebob]

Today the Fraudministration revealed its true intentions in a way that anyone with a whit of common sense who happened to be watching CNN between 9:00 and 10:15 a.m. MST should be able to see. First Bush gave a speech that I'm guessing he and his chimpkeepers think will be his equivalent of "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall," about spreading democracy around the world and specifically throughout the Middle East, ending the "freedom deficit" wherever it exists. Yesterday it was still the War on Terror, and it was announced - on CBS, as I recall - that it would take 5 to 15 years.

Mr. Bringemon gets through a 30- to 45-minute speech without ever once mentioning September 11th. This is new. Not 15 minutes later, Rumsfeld unveils the troop-rotation "plan," pretending to sympathize with thousands of reservists who'll be taken away from their real jobs and families for a year, making out like it's been in the works for months. Perhaps it has. Never mind the numbers don't add up.

You don't need to know anything about PNAC to see what's happening here. They're setting up a couple decades of "sacrifice."

This mother of a 14-year-old boy spent the rest of her day freaking out and wondering what to do, what to do. Voting and working for Democratic campaigns is not enough, I'm afraid. Besides Military Families Speak Out, is there a group of anti-war activist parents? I know MFSO welcomes non-military families. I'm ready to join an activist group or start one, if necessary - and not just because I selfishly want to prevent my only child from being sent off to die for someone else's inheritance, but because I sincerely want to stop this pack of psychopathic criminals from wrecking lives around the world. Suggestions?

[ComerPerro]

1. For now, all I can do is

Kick this and tell you to do whatever you can to support whoever our nominee is. Talk to people who don't vote or care about politics (there is a wealth of information and links here on DU), get them involved, convince people that apathy will get them nowhere.
Also, I would suggest talking with other parents of teens, who are most likely finding themselves in your shoes.

However, I don't know of any organizations for parents, seeing as I am only 22.

But someone here does. Surely.

You might try contacting Mari333. Her son is in the military.

Sorry I couldn't be of more help though.

:hippie:

[neebob]

2. Thanks

I've read Mari's posts, and I'm certainly into becoming George W. Bush's worst nightmare - right now, before he gets his hooks into another generation. If enough parents got together and made some serious noise, I think we could do it. It's just a matter of convincing the others the hooks are lowering and it's going to happen if they don't start screaming now.

[PurityOfEssence]

3. They love Democracy so much yet remind us we're a constituent republic

Funny, huh?

I thought mass lies were at least supposed to sound sort of plausible...