Political Cortex: Brain Food for the Body Politic

2 million Iraqi citizens have fled.

Another 2 million have been displaced.  The infrastructure of Iraq has been demolished.

The Iraq War cost is skyrocketing with over 100,000 private contractors and carpenters rebuilding the Iraq we demolished.  Robert Gates is telling us recently that we can anticipate 130,000 U.S. troops over the long term to attempt to stabilize Iraq.  

The financial cost of the Iraq War, according to the Iraq War Debt Clock, currently stands at over $427 billion.

Senator Kit Bond of Missouri in an interview on CNN Sunday, September 30, said the cost of the Iraq War is $30 million per day.

All this money is spent on Iraq while bridges across America need repair.  Meanwhile the Minneapolis Bridge is collapsing.  Yes, and what about post-Katrina New Orleans?  Remember, Mr. Bush?  Katrina happened while you golfed with your wealthy corporate country club cronies.

What generated this hell on earth in Iraq that is driving the U.S.A. into the deepest debt in U.S. history?

This tragic war debacle/nightmare began with Bush telling the American people that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and we had proof that he was developing nuclear weapons.  All of this false information was presented in a State of the Union Address.

After generating fear into the American public the rush to launch the Iraq War was on.

However, once the "shock and awe" war had reined down destruction and death on Iraq and many of its people, and Saddam was captured amidst much fanfare in the media, there was the big surprise.  

There were no weapons of mass destruction.  Saddam had not been on the brink of developing nuclear weapons.

And what did George Bush do then?

Instead of any accountability or regrets for launching the Iraq War on a hoax, he donned a flight uniform.  He was flown by helicopter to a naval carrier waiting for him near San Diego Harbor.  While TV cameras rolled, Bush declared dramatically two words that will live in infamy:

"Mission accomplished."

Magically the mission morphed into a gallant media blitz that was ostensibly all about bringing democracy and freedom to Iraq and spreading it to the entire Middle East.

Instead of the much vaunted democracy and freedom, Iraq's infrastructure was demolished and the needless Iraq War was triggered a religious war between Sunnis and Shiites.

Fearing for their lives, Iraqis fled to Syria, Jordan and Iran.  Now the entire Middle East is in an uproar.  These nations where Iraqis fled to are hard-pressed to feed, clothe and house 2 million refugees from the Iraq War.  Bush and his Republican Robot Congress began this hell with false fears.

Keith Olbermann on his NBC TV show "Countdown" reveals the exact number of days at the close of each program since Bush falsely declared "Mission accomplished."

In reality the mission had only begun!  Olbermann showcases freedom of speech by presenting journalists and authors who tell the truth about the Iraq War.

Rosie O'Donnell on September 29 expressed her view of the Iraq War.  She said Bush launched the Iraq War on lies.  According to the Geneva Convention's International Rules of Engagement Bush should therefore be tried as a war criminal at The Hague.

The ethical morality of good Christians, Jews, Muslims and Buddhists would never condone a conflict like the Iraq War, which was launched on lies, and for what reason?  Alan Greenspan answered that bluntly in his book, "The Age of Turbulence."  

The Iraq War is about oil!

It is heartwarming to witness Burma's monks and the Burmese people courageously marching for democracy and freedom.

Why haven't the citizens of the U.S.A. marched in Washington to stop the Iraq War and demand that those responsible be tried at The Hague for what they have done?

Nancy Dickman of Seattle, in a Letter to the Editor at the New York Times on September 15, stated:

"Since American tanks first hit Iraqi soil in a swirl of wind and dust more than four years ago, this war has been sold like snake oil to an increasingly skeptical public.  Facing ever dwindling support, President Bush mocks us with tarnished platitudes while pushing a war that has imprisoned Iraq in a vortex of disintegration and grief."

Another writer, Kathryn W. Kelber of Houston, Texas, in a September 14 Letter to the Editors at the New York Times, said:

"It was an eerie experience to listen to the president's speech on Iraq on last Thursday night, and feel one could not believe a word he said."

She went on to explain her viewpoint vividly:

"The president mocks and disrespects the intelligence of American voters.

"To pretend General David H. Petraeus ... submitted to Congress and America an independent and dispassionate evaluation of the best course for America in Iraq which the president then `accepted,' is no more than a disgraceful dog and pony show."

Republican "morals" have been exposed for the world to see and shudder at in horror.  Their twisted values sought impeachment over Clinton's sex episode and they can't bring themselves to impeach George Bush for all the death, destruction and debt his regime is responsible for.

Where are men and women with some moral backbone?

Nancy Pelosi surely does not fit this requirement.  Remember, it was Pelosi who said, "Impeachment is off the table."

Why?