There are some very, very upset people in this nation today, which explains the results of the last election.
It is not traitorous to disagree with the political plans of the party in power, especially when those plans have been shown to be based on blatantly false assumptions and especially when those plans don't seem to be working out very well.
The CIA confirms that Iraq is worse than it was (if the evidence of huge bombings every day didn't already confirm that):
washingtonpost.com
If you are less safe today (and I'm not sure we actually are less safe, since some of the precautions we have taken on the homefront have undoubtedly made us more secure, though more needs to be done), then it is at least possible that you are less safe because of the invasion of Iraq, and the creation of what the CIA calls a new breeding ground for terror. You can, of course, argue that our survival now depends upon cleaning up this new breeding ground, but that doesn't alter the fact that we created it, and I'm not sure all reasonable people would have to agree with you that "cleaning it up" using the same strategy that created it, is likely to succeed. One need not be a traitor to doubt Mr. Bush. It is true the doubters could be wrong, but you could be wrong also.
I have seen liberals call Mr. Bush a traitor for getting us in to this war, since it has (in their opinion) diminished America and weakened her. I do not like that sort of language any more than I like yours. While Mr. Bush may have made a decision I disagree with, and which (imo) is turning out quite badly, I feel sure his motives were not the motives of a traitor. He made the decision he thought best. One does not criticize that decision effectively by calling him names like traitor, one criticizes it by laying out the logic of his mistakes (some of which he has now admitted to), and by slowly amassing evidence of problems with the decision. If you have a problem with the politicians who voted for the resolution, start amassing your data about the success Iraq has become. Name calling only reaches the choir, and I would assume you might like to convince someone beyond the choir stalls. Wouldn't you? |
