Democrats still backing senseless war
By HELEN THOMAS
WASHINGTON — It’s time for the Democratic Party to take a courageous stand and call for the withdrawal of troops from the senseless war in Iraq.
Its human cost and the billion-dollars-a-week tab in Iraq should give all Americans pause.
Would the Republicans have hesitated to challenge the Democrats if the shoe were on the other foot? Did the opposition party give President Clinton any slack while he was in office?
What is the logic of Sens. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., Joseph Biden, D-Del., and other so-called moderate Democrats still backing the unprovoked war in Iraq when they know they were sold a bill of goods?
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But they might find that if they don’t get some backbone and take a stand soon, the voters might not be that forgiving.
—- what she is really saying (courtesy of Alphageek on Kos):
To: Democratic Party
From: Helen Thomas
Subject: WTF?Are you people completely out of your fucking minds? We’re spending a billion dollars a week (that’s BILLION, with a “B”), thousands of American lives, and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives, all to create a theocratic Islamist republic destined for civil war. Do you really think that the American people want more of the same?
Pull your heads out of your asses and take the righteous high ground. The GOP is in disarray, and they’ve handed this to you on a silver platter.
You don’t have to like it, you just have to do it. I expect results by the end of the week. Get moving, fuckers.
Strong message to follow if this pusillanimous conduct continues.
-Helen
