Volume I No. 60
 03-18-03
 Bush's War
 author: Vance Cureton
 © Copyright 2003

 The time of reckoning is upon us. Last night, George W. Bush 
 declared that the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, and Hussein's 
 sons, had 48 hours to leave that nation and go quickly into exile. 

 Obviously, this will not happen.

 So, it is on. Bush finally gets the war to liberate Iraq that has 
 been the primary focus of his administration, save for managing 
 the battle against international terrorism and Al Qaeda.

 What an awful journey it has been to get to this point. The 
 unfinished business from the first Gulf War. { hindsight being 
 20/20 } When Saddam should have been removed from office. 
 International sanctions against the Iraqi government that made 
 the Iraqi people suffer. The cat and mouse game Saddam has 
 played with UN inspectors in the past, and most recently as 
 well. And of course, the tragedy of September 11, 2001.

 Saddam has to go. And now that thousands of U.S. troops and 
 military equipment are in the region, there is no way that the U.S. 
 and Britain { our most steadfast ally } can pause now. Or tolerate 
 any more useless delays. There is a war to be fought and won.

 There are also many other facts to reflect upon. France betrayed 
 the United States. As a sovereign nation France certainly has 
 the right to oppose and denounce US military intentions against 
 Saddam Hussein. But Jacques Chirac's goverment crossed the 
 line when his administration actively manuevered to frustrate U.S. 
 intentions. -- Such as demanding several African nations { who 
 are themselves independent and sovereign } to potentially stand 
 against the most recent proposed British-US resolution that was 
 ultimately dropped at the last moment.

 France's incomprehensible actions are not those of an ally. But 
 of a nation deeply chagrined and jealous of the military and cultural 
 might of the upstart nation across the Atlantic. France badly wants 
 to be "the" voice of continental Europe. And a strong voice against
 US influence in this post Cold War world. Only the passage of many 
 months, if not years, will tell the story of how extensively relations 
 between the USA and France have been damaged.

 Finally. For those on the left who spoke out forthrightly against 
 Bush's War. It is now time to lessen the volume and speak a little 
 more circumspectly. For it is our brave young men and women 
 who will soon be in harm's way. Not the eager gray-haired politicians 
 and military generals who will direct the war from afar. The young 
 men and women in the desert must believe absolutely that we 
 support the sacrifices they are being asked of -- in the name of 
 God and country.

 Let us hope that Bush's War is decisive and quick. That Saddam 
 Hussein has no surprises that will lengthen the conflict significantly, 
 if at all. And as the tattered cloth that is the broken nation of Iraq 
 is mended. We still our breath that an awful rend does not suddenly 
 appear somewhere else in the delicate fabric of that part of the 
 world.

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