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Thread #73325   Message #1270866
Posted By: Thomas the Rhymer
13-Sep-04 - 04:26 AM
Thread Name: BS: An open letter to Bush supporters
Subject: BS: An open letter to Bush supporters
So... I'm confused. I truly seek to understand what it is that you folks see in GWB's approach to the the US Presidency... Call me dense, but I just don't get it. The US has been brutally attacked by Al Qiada, and we find ourselves over our heads in a war with a nation that has no direct ties to Al Qiada. We all gave our support because we were told of an impending and life threatening threat of immediate imminence.

This has proved to be untrue... Are we expected to just 'go along' with a war that has little or no credibility in the foundations of it's undertaking?

When the US was attacked on 9/11, this country was deserving of simpathy and support from the world community at large... and a towering majority of the world's peoples were inflamed and outraged. The vast majority of the world's people were by our side with condolences and all of us are in need of solutions to the very real threat of terrorism as the brutality of random violence knows no national boundaries...

Where are all these people now? Why have we let their heartfelt support turn to distrust and appathy?

Amidst all of our nationalistic pride and flag waving, there is an unsettling insecurity across this nation that has little to do with terrorism... but more to do with making ends meet financially. The effect is to make foes out of potential friends, and it triggers animosity between people with small differences of opinion... the same differences of opinion that once led to the spirited debate that has kept democracy healthy.

Why are we not engaged in overhauling our stagnant economy? There is so much to be done to improve our industrial capacity and our job security, and yet it feels like we're sitting on our hands and balking generally about... Why is it so hard to talk about all sides of the issues?

And on top of all this, GWB seems to be constantly on vacation, with a hands off approach to the job he was elected to do... namely, to safeguard the welfare of the people of the United States...

Do you believe that GWB is doing the best possible work that a person could reasonably be expected to do? If these are intense and trying times for men's souls, why is GWB burning so little midnight oil over it?

And what is he doing to bring us together... and keep us together?
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