Tuesday, May 31, 2005

New Language: "Stop Lying to Our Troops"

The more positive spin the Administration puts on the outlook for the future that is being built (torn apart) by its own policies, the less I believe them. I didn't believe Cheney when he said, prior to the Iraq invasion that
"We will, in fact, be greeted as liberators."
Interview with Vice-President Dick Cheney, NBC, "Meet the Press," Transcript for March 16, 2003
The trick is, sometimes we wish we could believe them, as when Bush declared
"Major combat operations in Iraq have ended."
Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, May 2, 2003
At that point, there had been about 160 American fatalities. Today, there are ten times that many.

We wish we could believe Cheney when he told Larry King yesterday that the war in Iraq will be over by 2009. But we can't. We wish we could, but we can't.

We stand with our troops as proud Americans, fighting to protect our country from threats, both foreign and domestic! We will fight to ensure our troops are NOT irresponsibly put in harm's way, and NOT LIED TO. We fully support our men and women in uniform and will continue to work for smart use of the world's best military.

New Language: "Stop Lying to Our Troops"