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More Shame, More Sorrow

"In the administration of George W. Bush, the Republican Party has achieved the greatest combination of idiocy and evil in human history.

The Republicans have bogged America down in a gratuitous and illegal war. The war has destroyed Iraq, killed between 650,000 and 1,000,000 Iraqi civilians, displaced 4,000,000 Iraqis, and littered the country with depleted uranium. Bush’s war remains unwon despite its five year duration and $1 trillion in out-of-pocket and incurred future costs.

Bush’s invasion of Iraq is a war crime under the Nuremberg standard, a direct counterpart to Hitler’s invasion of Poland. Both were based on lies and deception, and the declared reasons for both were masks for secret agendas.

Bush’s invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, his planned attack on Iran [http://www.rawstory.com/images/other/IranStudy082807a.pdf], and his support for Israel’s attack on Lebanon and genocidal policies toward the Palestinians have radicalized the Middle East and Muslims worldwide. American [http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifd] Israeli aggression have vindicated Osama bin Laden’s propaganda, produced massive recruits for Al Qaeda, and unleashed destabilizing forces throughout the Middle East.

Bush’s wars are strengthening Islam. Abdullah Gul has just been elected president of Turkey. Gul is described by the American media as “former Islamist.” Gul is supported by the ruling political party of prime minister Erdogan, another “former Islamist.”

So writes Paul Craig Roberts former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration. He was one time Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal editorial page and Contributing Editor of National Review. He is co-author of the book The Tyranny of Good Intentions. Roberts can hardly be characterised as rabid or of a liberal background. His piece, "More Shame, More Sorrow" is on Information Clearing House - the full text of which iw well worth reading.

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