how dare they criticize the president in this time of crisis.

how dare they criticize the president in this time of crisis.

You, being a person who probably really doesn’t care what happens in Iraq as long as it might validate your own ideological view, it is hard to explain to you the complex intercation between loyalty, strength of character and reason.

You can criticize policy, but criticiism is not influence. If your goal is to oppose the policy of war for an alternative policy and your means of expressing that opinion is nothing more than publically trashing the President, that you are not criticising at all. Rather you are demonstrating.

Criticizing means arguing an alternate and better course of action.

So what do I think are good ethics of criticism in time of war? My answer is difficult to articulate since there are so many factors. I think that first you must express a clear and balanced understanding of the situation. You must recognize the reasons and concerns that are given for the war. You need to understand the disposition of the enemy and how the enemy might exploit division at home.

So what are good ethics of criticism in time of war? The answer is difficult to articulate since there are many factors. You must first express a clear and balanced understanding of the situation. You must recognize the reasons and concerns that are given for the war. You need to understand the disposition of the enemy and how the enemy might exploit division at home.

It’s too bad that the President, Vice-President and Secretary of Defense didn’t do these things prior to making the decision to initiate this military misadventure.

You must first express a clear and balanced understanding of the situation.

We have clearly lost control of the situation in Iraq. Nothing our military can do will change this, short of an immediate cessation of all offensive military patrols and beginning an immediate phased withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Iraq.

You must recognize the reasons and concerns that are given for the war.

Outright lies (WMD), then a long series of alibis for the real goal of robbing the nation of Iraq of the full value of it’s hydrocarbon wealth.

You need to understand the disposition of the enemy and how the enemy might exploit division at home.

The majority of the people in Iraq approve of attacks on U.S. military personnel. Our troops are seen as mercinaries there to plunder Iraq.

Iraqi police and military personnel are seen as collaborators; trained, funded and controlled by the occupiers.

Civil order can only be resumed when U.S. forces are withdrawn from Iraq and the Iraqis actually do take full control of the situation. Only then will they have the support of the Iraqi people.

The lack of objectivity and division at home is what allowed this debacle to happen to begin with.

The President exploited the September 11th attacks to engage in military adventurism in Afghanistan, then Iraq as a prelude to the conquest of Iran as well.

Those points covered:

No matter what today’s news is out of Iraq, Bush & Co. are still at the helm and the troops aren’t coming home yet. While most of us hope that the worst is now over and that we’ll find an honorable way to withdraw our forces from Iraq, which would eventually heal and recover.

However, that’s not the Bush MO. A leopard can’t change his spots.

More likely we’ll end up in a much wider war involving Iran and possibly Pakistan before any troops permanently make their way homeward.

Let’s hope it doesn’t become Russia and China.

In the eyes of Bush & Co. we’re only losing because the “war” isn’t yet big enough.

Sometimes no Peace.