The Common Man is finding it very difficult to sympathize with the Democratic Party these days. He finds this particularly frustrating, since the alternative is so distasteful and untrustworthy. Indeed, as more and morepolitical and more appointees are forced to resign for being thoroughly and utterly corrupt, and more and more and more stubbornly refuse to do so, it has become apparent that this administration is rotten to the core, even if, in some cases, it has become so through the best of intentions.
Yet, Democrats continue to play games with the Iraq war funding, refusing to send the President an acceptable bill, they have a detrimental affect on our soldiers' efforts. It's impossible to sympathize with a group (or a President) whose intransigence is delaying the delivery of properly armored vehicles. It's virtually criminal.
The Common Man is unsure if he's brought this up in this space or not, but he is fairly certain that, if you break something (as we seem to have done in Iraq), it is incumbent upon you to buy it. Any effort to leave the country, at this point, may be emotionally satisfying, but is immorral and will damage America's already shaky credibility with the people of the next country it invades (The Common Man is looking at you Iran!). Indeed, how can citizens of the countries that we "liberate" have any enthusiasm for our presence if our appearance is the harbinger of disaster, chaos, and destruction? The Common Man believes that the U.S. is obligated to stay and is frustrated that Dems are advocating the opposite in a cynical attempt to win votes.
Meanwhile, of course, George Bush is largely to blame for getting the country into this mess. Thanks, George. And now The Common Man is forced to agree with him, even if he shares neither his optimism nor his motivations. The Common Man thinks he may just have thrown up in his mouth a little.
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I have to agree with you wholeheartedly - and it makes me sad. I think most of us, up to a certain age (and I am much older than you) were taught as children that if you break/mess up something of someone else's, you try to fix it and make it right. How can we leave them in such termoil? Yet, from my vantage point, where are we going with this? Goes back to the same old question - why did we start this to begin with?
You know, I read somewhere once about someone who suggested that members of government have their own children enlist in the military to show their support. I bet if that happend, we would have more government funding and this whole mess could be cleared up real quick!
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