D Day: A Look Past and Present



Tomorrow marks the anniversary of D Day.

On that day, we knew we were doing the right thing: We were advancing on an enemy who was trying to wipe out human beings and take over the world. We were advancing the cause of Democracy.

We had cause.

Can we say that now?

Without crossing our fingers or hiding a smirk?


What is the cause?

No, trumped up charges and a visceral dislike of the kind of government Saddam ran didn’t qualify. They were insufficient reasons for going to War.

For sacrificing our best and brightest.

And failing to meet our responsibilities here at home.

So, was the Crusading concept of attempting to bring Christianity,…..whoops, I’m sorry! I meant Democracy to the Middle East.

Whatever the motives, they were false.

And we, the people, were sold a bill of goods!

It’s hard to avoid that assessment especially now, with McClellan’s revealing book of what really was going on in the White House, a book that makes a clean sweep of our tendencies to give the president, and his cadre, the benefit of the doubt.

They deserve no consideration from us.

They violated our trust.

And then challenged us to confront them.

We never did.

And we may never live that down.


The truth is that we were set up by the propaganda machine to believe the flood of lies that flowed out of the White House in order to justify a repugnant course of action that had no basis in fact.

Yes, folks, our leaders lied to us.

On this anniversary of our winning the world back for democracy, we should take stock.


As a result of all of that money spent and all of those lies, what have we accomplished?

The president of Iraq, our self-appointed dummy on a stick is already doing what Bush accused Obama of doing, capitulating. He is going to Iran hat in hand.

Why not?

Isn’t he a Shiite?

Aren’t’ the Iranians also Shiites?

And while Bush raves and rants about Democrats, didn’t Bush set this all up.

If we hadn’t knocked Saddam out of the box, Iran would be held back from its interference with the rest of the world.

But that is ancient history by now.

So, where are we?

We are in worse shape in Afghanistan.

The followers of bin Laden have regrouped in Pakistan….that is after handing the Pakistanis over 3 billion dollars in foreign aid.

Nor should we forget that Pakistan is one step from revolution, itself—with its fifty nuclear weapons.

And the followers of Al Qaeda have turned up in cells all over the world.

It seems that we should not have taken our eye off the ball.

In the meantime, we are still talking war with Iran. Never mind that our army that is stretched to the breaking point.

And that 1% of the population is doing all the giving and bleeding.

January 20th cannot come too soon.

And I wouldl be willing to escort this understudy to a Court Jester back to where he came at my own expense.

Yes, it is time for transformative politics…..or at the least policies that make sense.

And while we’re at it, let’s not forget that we have a pretty good document ourselves called the Constitution that we seem to have forgotten over the last eight years.

Good riddance, Mr. Bush.

You owe me for eight years of lost hope!


Les Aaron