god (or allah, vishnu, brahmin, whatever) bless ted kennedy.
in a speech to the national press club today, he said what any member of congress with any integrity and moral fortitude should be saying: bush’s bullshit ‘surge’ is escalation and we, the people, will not abide.
The American people sent a clear message in November that we must change course in Iraq and begin to withdraw our troops, not escalate their presence. The way to start is by acting on the President’s new plan. An escalation, whether it is called a surge or any other name, is still an escalation, and I believe it would be an immense new mistake. It would compound the original misguided decision to invade Iraq. We cannot simply speak out against an escalation of troops in Iraq. We must act to prevent it.
the entire speech is worth reading. and even if you believe that signing petitions is either a fool’s errand or yet another way for the bush administration to track your opposition to them, do your conscience a favor and sign this one.
the blood of over 3,000 american servicemen and women is on bush’s hands. don’t let him wipe it on yours in an attempt to share the responsibility for his criminal acts. kennedy sums it up nicely by quoting tennyson:
The casualties are high. The war is long. The time is late. But as Tennyson said, “Come, my friends. ‘Tis not too late to seek a newer world.â€