Democrats should unite against this war ?

[kentuck]

Which is what we should have done from the beginning, some would say. The ambiguous stand on the war hurt our Party in this election. It was an illegal and immoral invasion to begin with. Howard Dean was right about the war. Al Gore was right about the war. But, we held back our criticisms because we were told that we had to be for the war to be competitive in the presidential race. In fact, it was Kerry's ambiguous stand on the war that won him the Democratic nomination in the primaries. We had to be for the war to compete with George Bush and the Repubs, many Democrats thought.

Now, in hindsight, it looks like a political and a moral mistake. As our troops surround the city of Fallujah, ready for the final assault, we have no idea how many people will die, including women and children. We were wrong to invade that nation. And we are wrong now.

After this very painful election, Democrats need something important and righteous to unite behind. I suggest it should be against this evil war in Iraq. More than 1100 Americans have died already and some have estimated that up 100,000 Iraqis have died. The lies of the Bush Administration cannot cover up this travesty. They can talk about freedom, democracy, rape rooms, etc, but George Bush did an illegal and immoral act when he invaded the nation of Iraq. By the way, Osama is still at large.