"We cannot torture and still retain the moral high ground," said Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.), who called for the vote yesterday. "No torture and no exceptions." (washingtonpost.com)
John Murtha explaining the importance of the McCain amendment. Bush's obligation is to sign this bill in front of the world. Despite the continued efforts of this White House, McCain refuses to budge on this issue. If Bush vetoes this bill, then all bets are off. Impeachment proceedings should begin to remove this president from office before he destroys us for good.
I'm confused as to some in the blogosphere's continued support of this president effort's rewrite history. The president has had three major speeches on his war, and so far it hasn't changed public opinion (sure hasn't changed mine). The war apologists (Andrew Sullivan, Chris Hitchens, National Review, Weekly Standard, WSJ etc) continue to express faith in the strategy of this president. They want us to remain in Iraq forever. They are obsessed with the Iraqi people and their desire to impose our "standard of democracy" on them. Bush finally admits he went to war based on false intelligence and the apologists applaud with glee: "See, he truly is a war leader."
As long as the Democratic party as a whole does not stand behind Murtha's plan for immediate redeployment (not "cut and run") the general public will begrudgingly get behind Bush. We are engaged in a civil war and today's elections although important for Iraq's future do not mean a damn thing to the average american.
More later on how a preemptive war became the "War on Terror."
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