Moody Amphitheater
Not a Political Person BB (Before Bush)
RECEIVED Sun., May 13, 2007
Dear Editor,
Believe it or not, I was not a political person BB (Before Bush), before the Iraq war, before Walter Reed, before the loss of more than 2,700 America service members, who are being killed 10 at a time. Before the time of hope instead of the time of fear, before the time when the rich got richer and the poor got poorer, before the time of hate instead of tolerance: the time before Bush. Our Sen. John Cornyn, who is up for re-election, and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison vote in the Senate virtually in lockstep and my Rep. Michael McCaul, who also does the exact same here in Texas. I’ve been forced to get involved, because they are not doing their jobs in checking this almost-dictatorial power that they have given President Bush. Why is this failed policy being so blindly supported, and how long does it take to “liberate”? At what point does a liberator become an “occupier” because we’ve been there almost five years. We have not improved the lives of the average Iraqis. We have not restored power nor water, and if you think these are just minor points, turn off your water and power for the summer. I say if we are there as liberators, then the liberated Iraqi people have the right to ask us to leave, right? I mean if we are guests of the Iraqi people, they as the owners can ask us to leave their country. And as guests of their country – which is what a liberator is – bound by good manners and national honor, we should leave! Our policy has taken a country where there were not suicide bombings – in fact no bombing except our bombing – to a country where literally hundreds of bombings take place every single day. Bad things happen when good people stand by and do nothing.
Believe it or not, I was not a political person BB (Before Bush), before the Iraq war, before Walter Reed, before the loss of more than 2,700 America service members, who are being killed 10 at a time. Before the time of hope instead of the time of fear, before the time when the rich got richer and the poor got poorer, before the time of hate instead of tolerance: the time before Bush. Our Sen. John Cornyn, who is up for re-election, and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison vote in the Senate virtually in lockstep and my Rep. Michael McCaul, who also does the exact same here in Texas. I’ve been forced to get involved, because they are not doing their jobs in checking this almost-dictatorial power that they have given President Bush. Why is this failed policy being so blindly supported, and how long does it take to “liberate”? At what point does a liberator become an “occupier” because we’ve been there almost five years. We have not improved the lives of the average Iraqis. We have not restored power nor water, and if you think these are just minor points, turn off your water and power for the summer. I say if we are there as liberators, then the liberated Iraqi people have the right to ask us to leave, right? I mean if we are guests of the Iraqi people, they as the owners can ask us to leave their country. And as guests of their country – which is what a liberator is – bound by good manners and national honor, we should leave! Our policy has taken a country where there were not suicide bombings – in fact no bombing except our bombing – to a country where literally hundreds of bombings take place every single day. Bad things happen when good people stand by and do nothing.
Ron Ruiz