G - Dub's War

During this past election cycle, the pundits and talking heads alike fingered the war in Iraq as one of the main reasons the Dems took charge of capitol hill. Now, anyone with half a brain cell can figure that out. G-Dub's popularity has dropped through the bottom of the floor, our troops have had to stay in country longer than they had planned, and for some reason, the administration didn't put together an exit strategy to bring our men and women home from the middle eastern sandbox.

While all of this makes me mad, what makes me madder still, almost to the point of ranting and raving, is the real reason behind this mess in the first place.

I'm not stupid. Before he was even elected a first time, I knew we would be back in Iraq, and I told my Republican friends so.

So, why were did we send our troops in harms way in the first place? It wasn't oil. It wasn't the war on terror. It wasn't to free a country from an oppressive dictatorship. All it was, was a simple good ol' fashion grudge match. That's it.

If G-Dub had just been honest about the ordeal, I would have respected him a little more. Have some moxy about it. Hold a televised press conference and announce to the American people; "This man tried to kill my father, and now that I'm President and leader of the free world, I'm going to send our troops in and go mop the floor with his sorry ass!" American's would have loved it! Young men and women would have signed up by the droves just to get in on a good ol' fashion ass whipping.

Bush should have learned to speak the truth. Americans have the ability to smell a pile of BS when they come across it. That right there, is the reason why I respect our troops to the fullest, but think this whole war was worthless.