Sun Feb 03, 2008 at 11:16:59 AM PST
I have for the last few years had much time to reflect and write upon the many awful ways in which mankind is doing many awful things to himself, his neighbors and his planet. On many occasions (and not just to pick up chicks but I won’t say never) I’ve been known to say that I was more than happy to offer my full-throated support to any woman that felt like giving global leadership a try just because Man has been just so consistently stinking awful at it. I felt (and feel!) that women absolutely must be better equipped to organize life in a sustainable way from an evolutionary perspective if nothing else. And you just have to believe that, also from an evolutionary perspective, they'd be (they would generally be. Be careful, Sense!) less likely to throw their sons and daughters into the godawful maw of war and even apocalypse. That's the hope, at least, and without you ladies stepping up I have a strong feeling the whole human experiment is utterly doomed.
Having said that, when Oprah Winfrey decides to run for President of the United States of America she can of course count on my unreserved endorsement and whatever support she asks of me. But Hill the Hawk? Not on your freaking life, buddy, but glad you asked.
If you are against this awful, unwinnable Iraq Mess you ought to be against its enablers, of whom Hillary Clinton is most assuredly one. A strong one. Not just for her original vote but for not apologizing for that vote or admitting it was a mistake. Not just for every artful dodge or meandering misdirection she applies whenever the subject comes up these days but for each and every effort she’s made to continue this war along and debilitate dialogue on the anti-war front. Clouding the issues by repeating NEOCON TALKING POINTS. Think I’m wrong? Why not take this easy test?
WHO SAID that a rash of suicide bombings was actually a positive thing because it meant the insurgents were getting desperate, repeatedly rebuffed calls for timetables, stated that a withdrawl of American troops would be a "big mistake," and said as recently as 2005 of Iraq that "I think you can look at the country as a whole and see that there are many parts of Iraq that are functioning quite well," in spite of all evidence to the contrary as the country in question travelled its way down to inevitable anarchy?
WAS IT:
a) Bill ‘the Bloody’ Kristol
b) Dick ‘Darth’ Cheney
c) Hill ‘the Hawk’ Clinton
ANSWER: all of the above, though the last quote comes direct quote from Hillary.
So, that's the impetus of the title of this lil' blog of mine (I'm gonna let it shine!) and it's the truth. She has not only voted in favor of Iraq Deux but she has actively impeded troop withdrawl from this awful unwinnable war since at least 2005. Which means she has enabled this war nearly every step of the way. Which means she's also at least partly responsible for each troop that has died in the last few years, as much or more than anyone else in the Democratic party and more than a few Republicans! Am I wrong? Tell me how. Iraq Deux was and is, from start to finish, an illegal and morally unjustifiable enterprise and it's consistent cheerleaders deserve no accolades, let alone presidencies. It deserves to be and is the number one issue in the land, so the hope is that you vote accordingly, yes? I think so.
Then there's the whole voting-to-label-the-Iranian-whoozitswhatsiz-as-terrorist-organization thing. An interesting vote, one that makes a component of Iran's mitary a terrorist organization, which, it follows, means that by definition America ought to be able to attack them in this neo age of preemptive striking countries that harbor terrorist groups. Forget that the whole idea of it sets back the internationalist movement by at least a hundred years, here's our gal Hill voting to do it again to Iran. Because that's what's at stake and Hill would have had to have been stupid not to realize it. And she's not stupid. Not even one bit.
"Ready to lead from Day One" is the big phrase but lead into what, precisely? How has Hillary led you thus far in the supreme issue of the day, the premptive attack and subsequent sacking and finally clusterfucking of Iraq? Because thus far, her judgement on first the war, then troop withdrawl and then on voting to enable the Bushies to invade Iran next, Hill the Hawk has been wrong, dead wrong, consistently dead wrong, for a long time.
-iSenseChange
p.p. Oprah Winfrey in 2016!!! Or Veep in 08!!!
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