Iraq-- God Damn!

I'm hearing Sister Nina Simone and her outrage about Mississippi in the 1960s, the loss of lives there and the hesitation if not full-fledged resistance of those in power. Her song was Mississippi God Damn!

"Oh, but this whole country is full of lies
You're all gonna die and die like flies
I don't trust you any more
You keep on saying 'Go slow!'
'Go slow!'"

Iraqis are killing Iraqis by the hundreds on a daily basis -- and the US is still serious about sending in 20,000 more young American men and women to babysit and run the real risk of being killed or maimed?

Republicans still beholden to President Bush say the Democrats have no plan for victory. Well, excuse me, what is Bush's plan? Cheney's plan? Rice's plan? For four years they have been in charge of this mess that most Americans seem to realize is a mess. About 40 Americans have been killed this month alone in Iraq, adding to the total of more that 3,100. Even more alarming is that more than 20,000 of our men and women -- many of them teenagers or just barely out of their teens -- have been seriously wounded. I can envision that some years from now in the not-too-distant future we will be arguing about whether and to what extent to pay for their medical care. While still ensuring tax breaks for the friends of Washington powerbrokers.

We cannot even get a good argument in Congress on the course of the war -- now and in the future. What are our goals, really? Members of the US Senate are more interested in arguing about the rules of debate than carrying on an actual debate that would force their comfortable butts to take a stand. They are pathetic.

The House is poised to carry the debate to the public. Now is the time for all those Black chairs to pause in their celebrations of elevation to leadership in the House and begin to lead. Hmmm. What would Adam Clayton Powell do were he still the top Black dog in the House? I don't think he would "go slow."