Time for George to "wag the dog"?...

With the devastating news this week against the Bush empire (Criminal investigation into Halliburton no-bid contracts, missing explosives, his Flip-Flop over civil unions, death toll of over 100,000 Iraqis, infiltration of insurgents into Iraqi police force, etc...) I think over the weekend we will see a major U.S. assault on insurgency strongholds to get attention off the bad news for Bush. I've been hearing reporters saying they don't remember many elections where the incumbent has been dogged with such a bad lead-up to an election. I really pray that if this happens, it's for the right reasons. I want to see our troops safe above all else, election or not. I just do not trust the administration and feel they are capable of anything to win another four years. I'd like to comment on "America's Mayor" Rudy Giuliani. What an incredible thing to say. That the troops are at fault if tons of explosives got away? This is how a lot of people on that side of the aisle think I believe. That no fault can ever be layed at the feet of this President. The President says that Kerry is "demeaning" our troops before knowing all the facts. I didn't once hear him say "Well, it looks like Private First Class Johnson didn't secure the tons of explosives over there and he's to blame." No, he said it's another example of this administrations incompetence in handling this war. I don't expect that things go right in war, on the contrary I expect they go pretty frickin' bad most of the time. But what the American people should not tolerate is a incredibly bad plan for invading and occupying a country. I find it absurd that close to half this country thinks Bush deserves four more years. A great friend of mine recently emailed me a conservative mailer saying that 39 nine combat related deaths in one month of Iraq were nothing because the city of Detroit had 35 killings. Guess what though? THAT'S 39 KILLINGS THAT DID NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN! Thirty nine families have been torn apart. In one month. I choose to honor these people with respect for their loss rather than comparing it to murders in Detroit. I guess my point in bringing this up is that I hear a lot of talk about how liberals are denigrating the troops and want us to be unsuccessful in Iraq. I think that this is a very misguided idea. I think there's probably the same amount of people in both parties who want this to be success (now that we're there), but have polar opposite ideas on how to... in Larry The Cable Guys words... Git-R-Done. Saying that, I think it's time for more Democrats to be more vocal in their support of the troops. Support for them should mean more than slapping a yellow ribbon on the back of your car. I think you can support them by questioning how they're being used, why they're in a certain place, talking to people and trying to explain why you think they're being misused.