Hypocrisy at the Republican National Convention 
First off, if you love the principles that founded the United States of America over 232 years ago, in the name of God, these cheering Republicans have ignored the winged warning of George Washington: "Avoid foreign entanglements!"
The entire convention of flag-waving Republicans has ignored the realty of this inspired warning. The dazzling hero, candidate for president of the United States, Senator John McCain, was eulogized by Fred Thompson.
When Thompson told the Republican audience the only thing McCain did reveal was to give the torturing interrogators some misinformation, naming someone they might be interested in that was the name of a Green Bay Packer football player.
How does this almost miraculous survival under such near-death circumstances qualify McCain to be president of the U.S.A.?
Yes, it does demonstrate character, strong character, loyal to the U.S.A., he fought so bravely for. There can be no question about the positive aspect of this phase of his life.
But has the reality of the tragedy of going to war against Vietnam not sunk in to the consciousness of these cheering Republicans after all this time?
Robert McNamara courageously wrote a book wherein he revealed that he recognized at a certain point when the Vietnam War was raging, that the U.S. wasn't winning this tragic conflict. He resigned his post as Defense Minister and kept quiet about it.
Later, eventually feeling compelled to explain in detail why he recognized the U.S. couldn't win this war, he wrote his revealing book. A CIA poll taken of Vietnamese in 1955 revealed that 90% of the Vietnamese would vote for Ho Chi Minh.
Why did the U.S.A. try to ignore their democratic wishes and launch a war with such death and destruction? Until this is objectively and thoroughly investigated, those who profit from conducting wars will continue this "foreign entanglement" Washington warned about when the nation was founded.
With the Iraq War it is crystal clear who was behind it. When Bush gave his infamous "State of the Union Address", frightening U.S. citizens with that speech about weapons of mass destruction.
Any warning that Saddam Hussein was developing nuclear power to threaten the U.S.A., generated war hysteria.
Leaping to their feet in a standing ovation, congressional members were nearly unanimous in echoing the Bush war cry.
Barack Obama wasn't a senator urging the U.S. to rush into the Iraq War. This foresight stands in stark contrast to the gullible Congress that responded like robots.
Bush and Vice-President Cheney, Condoleezza Rice and Paul Wolfowitz were all on the war wagon.
The Iraq War has gone on for 6 years, the longest in U.S. history -- including the Civil War and Vietnam and even World War II. Estimates of Iraqis killed are between 1 and 1.5 million. U.S. Service personnel suffered 4,152 killed, with wounded personnel over 55,000. Iraqis fleeing for their lives -- to Syria, Jordan and Iran -- are estimated at 2.5 million.
Our national debt is rapidly approaching $10 trillion. With all this death, destruction and debt since the Republican administration took over, they nevertheless cheered and jumped up and down at their national convention.
They should have impeached George Bush long ago. Bush should be tried in the World Court at The Hague, having broken the Geneva Codes regarding the conduct of an unjust war. Instead the Republicans cheered .
For what?
KEYWORDS: Republican Delegate Fervor over Iraq War, Comparisons between Iraq and Vietnam, Inability to Distinguish between Iraq and Vietnam
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