Mr. President: Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night?

[RedEarth]

On Waking Up Sleepless in the Middle of the Night
By John Brown

TO: The President

FROM: A former American diplomat

SUBJECT: Waking up in the middle of the night

Mr. President: Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night? Do you? Do you ever wake up sleepless in the middle of the night?

What have you done in Iraq? Do you ever realize, in the middle of the night, what you've done? Do you?

1. You've caused over 2,370 American soldiers to die in an impoverished land that never attacked us. Was that the right answer to 9/11 or the "threat" from Iraq? Do you ever ask yourself that question?

2. Because of your Iraq invasion, thousands of U.S. enlisted personnel are maimed, physically and mentally, for life. What can you tell these victims of your war? That you're honored by their duty towards you, our "mission-accomplished" commander-in-chief?

3. Your decision to go to war has led to the death of tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis. Do you have any remorse for this, Mr. President? Or was it that, for you, Iraqis only really deserved to serve as props in "shock and awe" -- your name for your made-for-TV porno/violence program at the beginning of the war, produced and distributed directly into our living rooms by the mainstream media? (Thank you, Fox News.)

http://tomdispatch.com/indexprint.mhtml?pid=79387

[kurth]

1. The Bush dynasty never loses sleep over dead peasants

[Squeech]

2. No

He's too heavily medicated.

[AndyA]

3. Bush never wakes up in the middle of the night.

He's always passed out drunk.

The man has no conscience. He has no values. No morals. No ethics. He doesn't care about anyone except himself, his family, and their interests. The rest of the world can go f*ck themselves for all he cares.

Actions speak louder than words. Look at what he does. Compare that to what he says. "Do as I say, not as I do" is George Bush's mantra. He lives by it.

George W. Bush: Worst. President. Ever.

IMPEACH. PROSECUTE. INCARCERATE.

[DanCa]

4. I think the Bush administration is sleep deprived.

That's why the chimp can't ride a bicycle without falling.

[quiet.american]

5. Coming from a former diplomat, this is especially powerful.

I remember when John Brown resigned and how much I respected his taking that step. He's right up there with Jim Jeffords and Joseph Wilson as far as I'm concerned for his principled resistance to Big Brother. :patriot: