That Was No Debate, That Was A Mockery

“Members, this is not the time to go wobbly,” Gil Gutknecht (R-MN) said yesterday during the Republican rally for the war in Iraq, which was being billed as a House and Senate debate. “Give victory a chance,” Gutknecht added. On March 31, 2003 Gutknecht said, “Periodically the tree of liberty needs to be nourished with the blood of patriots.” The man is 55 years old and he has never served in a war. "This sends a good message that the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly opposes a cut-and-run strategy in Iraq," Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) said. Cornyn is 54 years old and has never served in a war. “It is a battle we must endure and one in which we can and will be victorious,” Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) said. Hastert is 64 years old and has never served in a war. Musn’t go wobbly. We will be victorious. We oppose cut-and-run. What cynical hogwash. The GOP doesn’t give a damn about the war in Iraq. The GOP wants to win votes by using the war in Iraq as a ploy. This so-called debate in Congress is the most blatantly contemptuous tactic the Republicans have ever used, and they are masters at sly, sneaky, scornful methods. There is no way the US can score a victory in Iraq. And these men know it. And what do these guys call a victory, anyway? Would it be a victory if all insurgents, guerillas and members of the Al-Qaeda were killed? How is that going to be accomplished? Would it be a victory if three-quarters of the enemy were killed? How do we do that? How do we find them? What manner of death do we mete out? Should we kill all Iraqis just to make sure? Or maybe we should take all Iraqis prisoners? And just to ensure that no one is lying and aiding and abetting insurgents or members of Al-Qaeda, shall we torture them all? Would that bring us victory? What about Afghanistan? Is victory in Afghanistan part of the “we will be victorious” slogan? Come to that, when and how do we start having a victory in Afghanistan? Will we be victorious in Afghanistan when every poppy plant and every guerilla, insurgent and member of Al-Qaeda is dead? I want just one chickenhawk asshole dickwad to tell me in twenty-five words or less: What constitutes victory in Iraq and how do we accomplish it? A much easier plan to accomplish is to vote out all the chickenhawk asshole dickwads in Congress and to get out of Iraq as soon as possible. Two thousand five hundred American soldiers have been murdered by delusional men in the GOP trying to effect total and complete power over the lives of everyone in the world. And it hasn’t worked. It’s time to call a halt on this whole fascist operation.