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YES "A Coup has Occurred"
& "The Answer is Blow'in in the Wind"
By Jim Kirwan
09/28/07 "ICH" -- -- In his
clearly written article, Daniel
Ellsberg points out many of the obvious things that others have
been trying to unscramble now for at least the last six years.
Line by line he wrestles with the reality of the facts as most
have come to see them in this situation. What seems to be
missing here is the poverty of both attitudes and motives that
allowed this to happen in the first instance. With every passing
moment these differences become more necessary, to any possible
solution, to all that the Ellsberg article so clearly
delineates.
For generations now people with real experience, individuals
that have actually lived their lives in that crucible that molds
experience and courage have been missing-in-action when it
counts the most. These traits are necessary, not because they
are exceptional: but because only with these capacities can this
nation or any person in it-- even begin to overturn--not only
the nightmare we are living but the one to come as well.
What is needed now are people that understand the determination
necessary to exhibit the strength of character that can change
the course of history. This nation has become a place of
bureaucrats and opportunists that speak in riddles to confuse
the actual issues. These carpetbaggers exist to frustrate actual
solutions in the predetermined outcomes that created the walls
of our nightmares, and so far they've remained 'in-charge.' The
opportunity to shut down the war exists in congress - now. Many
have written about it, and yet this seemingly simple proposal is
not taken seriously--even though it is the only thing that will
work right now. In yesterday's democratic debates an obscure
candidate, Senator Mike Gravel, outlined this option, in the 1st
video, right after Kucinich. (1)
The proposal is simple. The congress needs to resubmit their
vetoed legislation on the war to the president every working day
- until the country begins to understand that nothing is going
to go forward until this issue is settled. The argument to-date
was explained by Harry Reid not so long ago, on Democracy Now.
He said: 'I have a calculator in one hand and the Constitution
in the other - and 'we' simply do not have the votes to override
a veto - so we are limited by the Constitution as to what we can
do.' This is the problem in a nutshell, because 'leaders' know
that limitations are only there to stop the weak from doing much
of anything. It is the job of congress: Not to explain to the
public why they cannot carry out their mandate (because of
congressional rules)--but rather--to use those same rules to
defeat the calculated plans of those that want to immobilize the
powers of congress and continue their plundering War-on-Iraq.
This can only be stopped if the leadership knows something about
actually fighting for things of real importance - beyond their
own political talking points or future placements within their
'parties.' Being stubborn can be an asset and in this case it's
only the beginning of obtaining the outcome that's needed. What
Senator Reid cited was true in that moment - they didn't have
"the votes" - but what he failed to credit is the obvious
proposition that once the legislation is resubmitted, doggedly
day after day, the momentum on the ground will have to change,
because the longer this goes on the more clearly will the
resisting members be painted with the potential outcome of their
continued refusal to support a shut down of the Iraq war.
Within weeks, the country will begin to recognize the fact that
while these paper-warriors bicker, at-risk men and women are
dying for nothing, because all the death beyond this point -
need not happen!
As time passes, more and more people will begin to understand
that the holdouts 'for' all this unnecessary death are the same
people that brought us the lies & deceptions that got us into
the war in the first place. Why should these people still be
'in-charge' of keeping the troops there, for nothing but more of
the same. This is critical when one remembers that the elections
that altered the demographics last year were to have at least
begun an end to this war. Instead the new congress has
lengthened the war, and has added immeasurably to the waste of
treasure, in both blood and money, that continues to be
squandered in Cheney's private-war for ever-greater empire. The
war cannot be won militarily, yet the congressional stalemate
cannot continue either--because with every hour that passes
people are unnecessarily dying for no other reason than the
inconvenience to a few self-interested politicians and a
thoroughly disgusted public that can see no end in sight to this
nightmare.
From every angle the funding for this now 'Trillion-Dollar-War'
must absolutely be stopped. The congress is paid by us to act on
our forcefully expressed desires. In this battle we have always
needed those that understand the importance of standing FOR
something, and not just being against what others have proposed.
Simple as they are Margret Mead's humble yet powerful words are
more true today than ever before: and the time to prove the
truth in this axiom is now!
"Never doubt that a few, thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world: indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
Margaret Mead
kirwanstudios@sbcglobal.net
1) Mike Gravel pulverizes the protective bubble of the
'Democrat' Elite with Truth
http://www.wakeupfromyourslumber.com/node/3777
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