Operation 'Enduring Madness' Must End

By Keith Kelly



   Richard M. Nixon, formerly the worst president ever, at least got
us into China and out of Vietnam—kind of, way too late and at great
human cost.  George W. Bush got us into Iraq and out of touch with
reality and the world.

    The world hates us because of? Bush!

They hate Bush for what he has done to them and we Americans strongly
dislike him because of what he has done to us, the U.S.

    He strong armed, mislead, conned and lied his way into a bogus
war with a country that was no threat to our country, then.  He hasn't
paid a price for this folly but we have.  You want to surge and
contribute to Iraq Mr. President?  Send the twins; they wouldn't know
an I.E.D. from an I.U.D. but the troops would love some chicks and
they could use the booze.

    Bush has spat on our civil liberties and the constitution in the
spirit of fear and in the name of freedom.  Bush wouldn't know freedom
if it came up and bit him on the Bush.  He's the first president to
suspend Habeas Corpus, since Lincoln, and 'no' Mr. Bush, you're no
Abraham Lincoln.

    Now he has turned an evil eye on Iran.  He's using all the same
words, all the same veiled threats and rhetoric that he used before
Iraq.  Please Mr. President one disaster at a time; you played your
weak hand and we lost.  Leave that mess for the next, Democratic
president—their fault.

   Bush's own intelligence, there's an oxymoron, says the situation
in Iraq is beyond dire, it's even worse than that new Diane Keaton
movie.

   Bush's own new Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates—a decent enough
fellow, no wonder he looks so uncomfortable, Gates says there are
actually several wars going on in Iraq right now: Shiis—Sunnis,
Sunnis—Kurds, Kurds—Nerds.  Excuse a selfish American and this
question but 'who cares?' Or more precisely "What can we do about it?"
 If a thousand years of Jihad can't solve their problems, how can four
years of "Yee Haw" do it?

   Iraq will dissolve into chaos and be a haven for terrorists.  And
what is it now a land of milk and honey? Sorry Iraq, we, Bush, screwed
up, our bad, his bad, now, your bad.

    We know the problem, everyone but Bush does that is, and he of
course is a big part of the problem, but what is the answer?

    We must end Operation "Enduring Madness" now.  If you can't fix
it, you don't have to stand it; it's broke!

    Congress: 'Yes' you support the troops, we know already,
Democrats aren't wimps. 'No' you can't give Bush and his few
remaining, bunkered Neo-Cons-pirators a blank check.

    Liberals: here's your big chance; it's like the 60's again man.
March, write, speak and sing (American Idol's watching), sing for
Peace and against the war.  But never against the troops, that's like
being against Girl Scout Cookies.

    Conservatives: If you support the war do something to support it
rather than just having your yellow ribbons and your flags on your
S.U.V.

    Pay a price; over 3000 Americans have paid the ultimate price,
what has it cost you?  Your taxes haven't even gone up.  Join the
stretched-thin Armed Services that you and I support so much.  If
you're too old, send your kids, remember the twins!

    Follow the example of Charlie, a Viet-Nam Vet and present day Cab
Driver.  Charlie wanted to re-up and volunteer for Iraq.  True he's in
his 50's, diabetic, overweight and just off drugs but he's willing.
Picky prigs that they are, the U.S. military turned him down.  Why?
How could he make things worse?  We should allow all of our Viet-Nam
Vets who want to go to Iraq, to go to Iraq.  We could solve not only
our Iraq problem but also our homeless problem.

     Sadly Iraq will not go away tomorrow because sadly Bush will not
go away tomorrow. And if he did, look what he'd be replaced with.

    Bush may have whittled away at our democracy but he'll pass, like
a bad dream or a piece of undigested pork rind, he'll pass.

    Iraq will pass too, unfortunately like Viet-Nam, maybe too late;
but better late than never.



By Keith Kelly 2/5/07



Bio: Keith Kelly is a comedian and writer from Austin, Texas: an oasis
of liberalism surrounded by a desert of redneck. He has also raised
hell and money for various liberal causes along with his old friends
Ann Richards and Molly Ivins.



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