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Our entire political establishment is complicit
Meanwhile, Democratic candidates Clinton and Obama recently warned that ending the Iraq War will not be quick. What to make of all of this? First, the "surge" can be evaluated on the basis of whether or not it has shortened the war. In my view, the main result of the "surge" has been to move the end date of the Iraq War further into the future. Second, Congress had the power to halt the war by refusing to appropriate more money for it. That was their only actual power that could not be vetoed by Comrade President Bush. But Congress capitulated to Bush and granted him another hundred billion dollars to flush down the rathole. So the Democrats must be blamed for extending the war and for allowing Bush to continue escalation, even into Iran. Don't blame just the President. Our entire political establishment is complicit and is guilty of perpetrating the international crime of a war of aggression. Voting for either party or lending any of them your support means that you voluntarily accept your share of the guilt of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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