President Bush used his State of the Union address as a weapon of mass distraction and ignored the actual imminent threats to our country. He cited our pre-emptive invasion and occupation of Iraq as a lesson that other nations have learned, but his words were [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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All too true…All too sad…His lies leading us down a path of war…what will come of it? Civil war in Iraq, the destruction of relationships with our traditional allies (generations in the building of), destruction of the Kurds, the development of another fundamentalist state stripping the rights of women. What a mess. Bush should be tried in an international court for crimes against humanity and treason for lying to us. Our children and children`s children paying for his deception for the next twenty years. The continued destruction of our industry.And you`re hearing this from a Republican of thirty years…I will hopefully be voting a Democratic ticket…I don
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