This Administration's
habitual lying and
collusion has already brought us into one war of choice (Iraq), and we are on the brink of another (Iran). The actual fabrication of circumstances to serve as a "just cause", wrapped in a
context of propaganda and assisted by both Congressional leaders and a complicit traditional media, has cost our nation greatly in terms of lives, equipment, money and international respect.
It is time, now, to understand the importance of putting an end to the criminal neglect and dereliction of duties that are gutting our nation in favor private agenda items of the NeoConservative movement.
Never before have so many been held hostage to the dangerous machinations of so few, and yet stood with their hands at the ready with the opportunity to act and prevent a cataclysm of unimaginable magnitude.
Do we now stand by, and heed not the clarion calls that denote the dangers of allowing these international law breakers and war criminals to launch their next attack, emboldened by their artful dodging of accountability and responsibility, even in the face of their own inept failure to plan for and secure the peace? Is it not, at this moment in time, inherently obvious that a plan to secure such a peace is not now, nor was it ever, intended?
Let us not stand idly by and permit this opportunity in the history of our nation, and indeed the world, pass us unanswered. We must stand and oppose, on all counts, the ongoing attempts at escalation of hostilities into any new theater, for any reason, while the shadows of deception wield the reins in our nation's halls of power.
We must act now to prevent any further deception that could be used to attempt to justify further engagement in acts of war - and cowardice - that only serve to weaken our nation, divide our people, cripple our defenses, and spread chaos in the world through ill-conceived acts of might that flagrantly abuse those principles that we hold dear.
We are being drawn inexorably toward a precipice that we dare not fall into.
We have evidence of intentional deception, malfeasance, high crimes and misdemeanors on a scale never before conceived or measured in a nation founded upon ideals of freedom and justice for all. We have seen the taint and corruption that supports this cancer, spreading through all our institutions and eroding our national spirit as well as our founding tenets - our strength, and our soul, as a nation.
We have compiled evidence that not only comprises the heart of a criminal conspiracy but also the artful implementation of unitary incompetence.
Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof -- the smoking gun -- that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.
We already have a smoking gun - several, in fact - along with the bullets of varying magnitude.
It is time for Congress to act to stop this mad ride along this highway to hell, and to set our nation on a course through the troubled waters of these times toward a calmer sea, where the children no longer play in the halls of power but are instead admonished for acting out.
The time to wax poetic and work the gears of the political machinery for positioning is over. The time is now, and the importance of being earnest in our efforts to halt the abuse of power has never been more clear.
UPDATE: Check out Soj's diary "Republicans Called Bush a Dictator King in 2001" for a great 'introduction' to the start of Bush's reach for power.
UPDATE 2: Congressional Kossacks -- please read and consider xrepub's diary "KILL the Patriot Act for good.".
UPDATE 3: An excellent, well-researched diary further analyzing just one more piece of the intricately connected web of corruption is dengre's recent diary "Connecting Boehner, Abramoff, Rove, sweatshops, Medicare scams, Social Security and more". Check it out.
UPDATE 4: thor's diary "MUST SEE!!! Downing Street Memo II BBC Video News Report" points out an excellent video report regarding the DSMs.