after looking at the pictures of tortured iraqi’s and after hearing reports of what was done to them i have to say that i’m disgusted and ashamed.
this is not an ideological issue, nor is it a partisan issue, it’san issue of human rights and adherence to international treaties such as the geneva convention.
our president, george bush, and his administration are essentially to blame. they started a war based on spurious information.then they waged the war without any concern for the well-being of our relationships with our allies.
then one year ago our president proclaimed ‘mission accomplished.’ since then thousands of people have been killed and wounded and over $100 billion dollars has been spent in iraq.
our men and women in the military have been underequipped and underpreparedand undertrained for what they’ve been asked to do. our leaders have failed us through their ineptitude and their hubris. they started a war based on lies. they started a war that no one wanted. and they started a war without any understanding of the realities of war.
moby