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July 05, 2006

It Hurts So Bad

Paul Craig Roberts nails Bush supporters to the wall once again in an article that discusses the recent murder of a young Iraqi woman and members of her family by American troops. The horror story underscores the necessity of a free press in Iraq – and of a people willing to hear the truth. In the telling, Roberts lifts the curtain to show us how deeply in trouble we are.

I have made it clear in my columns that Bush supporters are not true conservatives. They are brownshirts with the same low intelligence and morals as Hitler's enthusiastic supporters. And they are just as resistant to facts. …

Many Americans are so unsophisticated that they refuse to believe anything bad about their country. They regard acceptance of unpalatable truths as disloyalty. This failure of American character is why Bush has been able to get away with transgressions that scream out for his impeachment and trial as a war criminal. …

It is proof of the collapse of American morals and the fallen character of the American people that the American public and its elected representatives in Congress refuse to rein in the Bush regime and hold it responsible for its monstrous crimes.

America has become a land of evil. The rest of the world hates and despises us. And we are going to pay a terrible price for it. Bush's belief that our superpower status makes us immune to the opinion of others goes beyond hubris into insanity.

This is a damned hard message to hear. The patriot in me wants to scream out against it. There is a certain terror tied to the realization that our country has sunk to this level. But the facts are there, and things will only change if the American people step up to their role as the third branch of government and take responsibility for making this country what we all believe in our hearts it should be.

Posted by Becky at July 5, 2006 06:58 PM