Dems Need To Challenge "Surge Plan" - BUSH Has Ignored The Voter's Message -

[kpete]

Congress, the Voters & a Peace Plan

By Brent Budowsky
December 23, 2006


Editor's Note: When American voters overturned the Republican majorities in the House and Senate on Nov. 7, one of the key messages was pretty clear -- the people wanted the war in Iraq wound down and the 140,000 American occupation troops brought home.

A month later, the voters' consensus was largely reflected in the recommendations of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, headed by former Secretary of State James Baker and former Rep. Lee Hamilton. The group proposed a gradual withdrawal of U.S. forces, direct talks with Iran and Syria, and a serious bid to settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Now, more than two weeks later, President George W. Bush has mostly ignored the voters' message, spurned the advice of the Iraq Study Group and appears headed toward an escalation -- or "surge" -- in U.S. troop levels in Iraq. In this guest essay, political analyst Brent Budowsky says Bush's apparent course has laid down a challenge to Democrats and Republicans who want peace:

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How many candidates in either political party promised this on election day: "If you vote for me I will support escalating the war in Iraq.
I will support overruling the strong majority of our commanders who oppose such an escalation, I will oppose any serious regional diplomacy, I will oppose any significant search for broader Middle East peace, I will support using our troops to do the job of the Iraqi police, intervening to support sides in an Iraqi civil war, and I will show contempt for all Republicans and Democrats on Baker Hamilton?

The American people have just voted for a whole new and better way.

The American people are right, and await a leader with the courage to lead.

MUCH more at:
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/122306a.html

[GreenTea]

1. Bush is a fucking republican....

The way Bush sees it, the Dem's are never going to cut off war funding... and he and his republican buddies will continue making a killing off the wars, stealing the tax money with the bullshit no bid contracts, big profits for the weapons makers and the stealing of Iraqi oil...Bush knows impeachment will take years, he'll be gone by then...Bush has NEVER obeyed laws he doesn't like, he just ignores them, he doesn't give a shit what you or I think...He'll always have that 33% of the population who thinks he's god and the republican owned corporate media pretending there's two sides to the story when Bush breaks the law...

Bush need the wars for profit and he need the wars to claim he's a "war time president" so he can say he's above the law and never have to answer to you or me or anyone....

And he's told you loud and clear he's going to keep the wars going until he leaves office and let the next president deal with it...didn't anyone hear this?

Now with more bullshit to keep the wars for profit moving right along...A troop build up (70K) - A new planned strategy to keep the wars going for profit, we now have to wait, what, another year to say it's not working, bush doesn't care... Then, with those (70K) troops he can agitate Iran even and create more war, more profits.

Bush doesn't care about anything but keeping the wars going...there's still trillions of dollars to be made.

He's simply laughs at us...He's NOT going to change nor does he care what is said about him as long as the money comes rolling in.

[shadowknows69]

2. I'm not even sure its about the money anymore

I think the lunatic is on a flat out crusade.

[GreenTea]

3. I think you may be correct...but there's enough neocons he's surrounded by

who care about nothing but the huge amount of money they are stealing from all different directions...so it'll secretly be "stay the course", biz as usual, with a million excuses for the corporate media to distort and justify it and it will go on at least until 01/22/09 - And much longer and a true world catastrophe if he invades Iran...but to Bush, it furthers his crusade and the profits will really roll in for him and his neocon buddies...As well perhaps the end of the world as we know it....But then...maybe that is his crusade after all, he is the second coming!