We can be brave, We MUST be BRAVE and do the right thing

I read a letter last night and an article this morning. The letter was from Michael Moore. You know, the white fat man who all the neocons hate and will brush off this letter as being from the extreme left...whatever.

Michael put a tear in my eye. If only...we would be brave and do the right thing. We need to leave Iraq and leave NOW. We've been saying this for years. It needs to happen to start to restore some respect for ourselves.
Michael wrote:

This is what we demand:

1. Bring the troops home now. Not six months from now. NOW. Quit looking for a way to win. We can't win. We've lost. Sometimes you lose. This is one of those times. Be brave and admit it.

2. Apologize to our soldiers and make amends. Tell them we are sorry they were used to fight a war that had NOTHING to do with our national security. We must commit to taking care of them so that they suffer as little as possible. The mentally and physically maimed must get the best care and significant financial compensation. The families of the deceased deserve the biggest apology and they must be taken care of for the rest of their lives.

3. We must atone for the atrocity we have perpetuated on the people of Iraq. There are few evils worse than waging a war based on a lie, invading another country because you want what they have buried under the ground. Now many more will die. Their blood is on our hands, regardless for whom we voted. If you pay taxes, you have contributed to the three billion dollars a week now being spent to drive Iraq into the hellhole it's become. When the civil war is over, we will have to help rebuild Iraq. We can receive no redemption until we have atoned.

You really need to read the whole letter. We need to stop the madness we created ourselves. If people would have only known history this would have never happened. We go about our day in our own selfish ways. If "we the people" only knew that all the people in the white house are the same people that put the leader of Iraq in power we would have never invaded their country.

THEN, this morning I read an article about a family of a fallen Marine. I feel so very sorry for this family and so many other families who have to live without the person they adore. I think of them each and every event, thanksgiving, Christmas, birthdays. They shouldn't be without the person they adore for the foolish mistakes the men in the white house have made. We have caused so much death for the wealth and power of a few.

He says he places his faith in the president and the Pentagon. He also scoffs at suggestions that this month’s election proved a mandate for troop withdrawals.

“I think the majority of Americans are behind the war,” he says. “I mean, you have a choice — you’re going to fight over here or over there — and I’d rather we be fighting over there.

“We’ve already seen evidence of terrorists’ willingness to fight over here,” he says.

You know what I feel sorry for the most? The family whom this article was written about believes the lies that are told to them. I really wish they would open up their heart to the truth. The truth is we will never be fighting the Iraq people over here in our streets if we leave NOW. We are killing ourselves in our own streets. We are so violent. If they did come to our streets and fight us here (which they won't), don't you think we have enough guns in every household here to protect ourselves? The truth is we are free and our freedom has eroded away from our own government - not from Iraq.

It is time to leave Iraq NOW! It's time to stop letting "the few" make their blood money off of their "war". It's time to stop pulling the wool over our fellow citizens eyes so "the few" can make their money. The truth shall set us free....

May peace be inside all of us,
Cindy