Knoxville Tenn News: War foes were right

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/opinion_columnists/article/0,1406,KNS_364_2200324,00.html

The French were right.

The liberals were right.

The peaceniks were right.

True conservatives were right.

Veterans opposed to the war - I hear from more of them than you might imagine - were also right. They said this war was based on lies, and it was. They said this war, like most wars, would lead to more chaos and killing, and it has.

Now some in the Bush administration are telling the world that the car bombing of United Nations headquarters in Iraq is evidence that our policy is right.

How illogical can you be? Insurgents blow up oil pipelines and water mains; American soldiers get killed or maimed almost daily. Demonstrations are ongoing. And the biggest blow from the Iraqi resistance so far - destruction of U.N. headquarters in Iraq - is presented by the Bush team as evidence that our policy is correct because - because - because this proves terrorists are really, really bad.

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If, in Country X, the power is out, the water's out, the oil pipeline is burning, unemployment tops 60 percent, murder and rape are daily occurrences, the treasury is looted, the museums are looted, official history is a tool for propaganda, and U.N. headquarters are bombed, then the ruler of Country X should be held accountable, right?

Well, Iraq is Country X. Bush is its ruler.

[ClintonTyree]

1. Nice piece.............

I'm surprised it was printed. However, I'm willing to bet there will be twenty replies to this by Conservative "morans" that will get even more ink. I guess we'll have to be content removing the thin veneer of this illegal administration slowly. Hopefully by election day 2004, enough people will have regained their critical thinking skills to rid our country of the Conservative scourge.

[silverweb]

2. The drip-drip-drip...

...has become a relentless torrent.

Now... if only the whole BFEE/PNAC gang were to get rounded up and thrown in jail, where they belong, we could say there is some justice in the world.

[Voltaire99]

3. Fair and balanced column!

Hope the guy has an unlisted phone number. ;-)

[pretzel4gore]

4. truth and justice always required courage..

that's why both are on the run in georgebushamerica (US, Canada, Britain Australia)....but always a few who defy the trend!

[grytpype]

5. Wow. A very powerful article. Love the ending!

[sonias]

6. bu$h should be held accountable

That's what a lot of us have been saying all along. Glad to see more people standing up and saying so. It's a good sign. bu$h has succeeded in destroying the economies of at least 3 countries and he must be stopped. Their revisionist history spin is really getting sickening too.

Good luck to this writer Don Williams, I hope he can withstand the barrage of idiot replies that will be sure to follow. You did the right thing Don.


Sonia