THE WAR OF WORDS
It is old news that the Republicans outmaneuver the Democrats by adopting misleading but effective titles for their initiatives: Healthy Forests, Death Taxes, Partial Birth Abortion, etc.
We've noted here before that this doesn't seem like wartime in the U.S. - business as usual, tax cuts, obscene executive salaries, pork spending. Front line soldiers are suffering but no one else. So why do we let the Bush administration get away with so much because we're in a "time of war" .
I say Bush is not a wartime president and we are not in a war. Counterterrorism and security measures, yes, but Iraq is not a war. It is an occupation. We had an invasion, a brief war, and regime overthrown. After that, wise or not, we have an occupation. Democrats should not let Republicans bash any one for criticizing in a "time of war" or labeling withdrawal proposals as "surrender". Let us talk only of ending an "occupation"..
It is old news that the Republicans outmaneuver the Democrats by adopting misleading but effective titles for their initiatives: Healthy Forests, Death Taxes, Partial Birth Abortion, etc.
We've noted here before that this doesn't seem like wartime in the U.S. - business as usual, tax cuts, obscene executive salaries, pork spending. Front line soldiers are suffering but no one else. So why do we let the Bush administration get away with so much because we're in a "time of war" .
I say Bush is not a wartime president and we are not in a war. Counterterrorism and security measures, yes, but Iraq is not a war. It is an occupation. We had an invasion, a brief war, and regime overthrown. After that, wise or not, we have an occupation. Democrats should not let Republicans bash any one for criticizing in a "time of war" or labeling withdrawal proposals as "surrender". Let us talk only of ending an "occupation"..
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