There is No 'War on Terror'

[Bob Geiger]

I could not possibly have said it better than Pachacutec does today at Firedoglake when talking about what all Americans who want to be honest with themselves need to admit: That this "war on terror" that Team Bush likes to crow about is a fraud, that has nothing to do with what we're doing in Iraq.

An excerpt:

I know I’m not alone when I say, I’m an American and I’m not afraid. I know I’m going to die. I accept that I’m going to die, no problem. What I do not accept and will not accept is the notion that I must live as a slave to fear for the purposes of craven, cowardly men who, in their time, pissed the bed rather than fight an actual war, later to become powerful and use that power to line their pockets with my tax dollars. Give me liberty or give me death. Take your "terror" and shove it.

We went after the criminals who attacked us when we invaded Afghanistan, then quickly abandoned any pretense of being concerned with actual terrorists by fighting a ginned-up war of aggression against a tin-pot dictator for whom our chickenshit president and his buddies have always had a hard-on. If the U. S. were serious about thwarting terrorism or about minimizing our exposure to acts of violence designed to make us afraid, we would have rigorous port security and massive international goodwill and cooperation in the lawful identification of anarchic, violent networks. But we don’t have that. We have our sons and daughters fighting to maintain bases in the sand near oil fields, sacrificing their lives, bodies and minds for a pack of lies.

Outstanding stuff. Please go here and read the rest.

It's very easy on Memorial Day to accept the tired cliché that our military people in Iraq are "fighting for our freedom" when, in fact, our brave men and women are fighting there only to survive in an unnecessary war of choice, based on lies.

Hello, Vietnam all over again.

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[liberal N proud]

1. The war on terror is bu$h's attempt at cold war fear.

[Greyhound]

2. Thank you for this reality check. n/t

[Vickers]

3. "cowardly men who, in their time, pissed the bed rather than fight"

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

This is something that I *LOVE* to constantly remind my fundy pals: even a big pussy like me went, while their "heroes" hung around with "other priorities" :eyes: or lost their flight status on antiquated aircraft because they were cokeheads.

[Douglas Carpenter]

4. excellent article - a must read -- recommended

good job, Bob

[HysteryDiagnosis]

5. More like a war on peace, wouldn't you agree???