Choose Chaos, Unity or, Better Yet, Impeachment

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February 28, 2006

 

Choose Chaos, Unity or, Better Yet, Impeachment

By Missy Comley Beattie

 

When told that more than 1,300 Iraqis have died since the bombing of

the Samarra Golden Mosque last week, George W. Bush said, " The people

of Iraq must choose between chaos and unity. " Are we to believe that

the Iraqis are interested in his advice? I guess he still considers

himself a uniter. That was his promise to the electorate in 2000. And

in 2003 when he launched `Shock and Awe,' George was supposed to unite

the Iraqis, whose hearts and minds would denounce Saddam and embrace

our men and women in uniform.

 

Has it ever for a microsecond occurred to Bush that he should feel a

sliver of responsibility for the violence? Has he forgotten that he

was warned by many world leaders that an invasion of Iraq would upset

the entire Middle East? Of course not. When he's right, he's right. If

he's wrong, why, certainly, he'd fess up. But he's never been wrong.

Not about WMD, mushroom clouds, mistaking Saddam for Osama,

insufficient body armor, Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame, knowing

Abramoff, response to natural disasters, Cheney's playing with

firearms, yada, yada, yada.

 

But what's really striking is that this latest proclamation regarding

the Iraqi choice could and should be said about our own option here at

home. Under George, we have chaos. My family has a particular kind.

It's caused by loss and grief. Bush has brought suffering to 2,296

families who've heard the words: " We regret to inform you. " And let's

never forget our maimed. We occasionally see some of them on

television, thanks to MSNBC's Imus, who encourages viewers to donate

money to a rehabilitation facility for the war injured. Most of the

mainstream media guys and dolls give little airtime to this national

heartbreak.

 

I'm sooooo tired of waiting for people to care enough to turn off

their favorite escapism television shows and look into the faces of

the families who are mourning. Hey, is there anybody out there who's

wandered to this site out of curiosity so that I'm not just preaching

to the choir? If so, are you interested in learning? Okay, pick up

Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States and become

educated about the evils of imperialism. Examine the failure of the

Viet Nam War. In fact, read the chapter on Viet Nam and substitute the

word `Iraq.' You may start crying. And understand that the actions of

the insurgency in Iraq would be our own if we were invaded and

occupied by another country.

 

Demand impeachment. Then choose unity. Unity. Unity instead of chaos.

Join with me and let's exact justice for the victims of George W. Bush

whose deceptions brought and continue to bring us chaos. For this and

many other reasons (ask the victims of Katrina), he should be brought

before a world court and charged with killing our troops (for whom he

cared nothing), putting all our soldiers in danger (for whom he cares

nothing), leaving our country unprotected because so much of the

National Guard (for whom he cares nothing) is in Iraq, and the deaths

of countless Iraqis (for whom he cares nothing). Not caring should be

an impeachable offense. Just being George Bush is an impeachable offense.

 

 

 

Authors Bio: Missy Beattie lives in New York City. She's written for

National Public Radio and Nashville Life Magazine. An outspoken critic

of the Bush Administration and the war in Iraq, she's a member of Gold

Star Families for Peace. She completed a novel last year, but since

the death of her nephew, Marine Lance Cpl. Chase J. Comley, in Iraq on

August 6,'05, she has been writing political articles.