Senator Robert C. Byrd, Jr. of West Virginia is famous for his oratory and is the last of a dying breed. He made an impassioned speech to the Senate Wednesday that, in my eyes, makes him a true hero and patriot. (Here’s what he said about the Homeland Security Bill in December.)
Meanwhile, here’s what some of the rest of the English-speaking world thinks about our scheduled war:
- Armed with everything except moral authority.
- “Sounding increasingly like an Old Testament prophet rather than a 21st-century world leader, Bush continues to blur the lines not just between church and state but between the will of God and the will of George W. Bush.”
- Fear-mongering at its worst.
I thought September 11th was frightening, but this is much, much worse. I’m extremely angry that our selected president is rushing us headlong into a glorified family feud and a war for oil. No one can really predict right now what the almost certainly dire consequences will be. (Hyperbole? Naah.)
Happy Valentine’s Day.
See you at the peace march on Sunday.