What Kind of Democracy Is This?
| What Kind of Democracy Is This?' A grieving father wants to know |
| by Justin Raimondo |
| The family of Andrew Bacevich, a 27-year-old first lieutenant who was recently killed in an ambush north of Baghdad, doesn't want to see its beloved son and brother turned into an impersonal symbol of a tragic and unnecessary war: they want him to be remembered as a special person, "a great-looking kid with an infectious smile," as one of his close friends put it at his funeral service. |
Bacevich, a prominent conservative critic of the war who has deemed the invasion "a catastrophic failure," thought his responsibility was to voice his opposition to the war, but, he asks:
"What kind of democracy is this when the people do speak and the peoples voice is unambiguous – but nothing happens?"
Every time I see young lives wasted and fat, corrupt neoconservatives cheerleading for more war, more chaos:
Bush Authorizes New Covert Action Against Iran
May 22, 2007 6:29 PM
The CIA has received secret presidential approval to mount a covert "black" operation to destabilize the Iranian government, current and former officials in the intelligence community tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com.
I become not only angry, but forced to the conclusion that the current administration and congress have not only abdicated their oath to uphold the constitution but are actively dismantling it. As said earlier, I would like to see a draft reinstated - but an idealogical one - I'd like every Neocon, every cheerleader for the Iraq war no matter how old, to serve in active duty there - Even Hillary and the other female warhawks.
Since many of them would fail a basic loyalty test (whether because of loyalty to a foriegn nation or disloyalty to the Constitution), I would suggest setting up a sort of foreign legion. They are too old you say? or too infirm? Well the young children and old men and women of iraq have no choice in the matter so why should neocons?
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