A damning essay

This article in The Nation, by Kevin Tillman, brother of Pat Tillman, is about the worst kind of criticism you can get, and the Bush administration should take it seriously. It is quite damning. This is the kind of stuff that makes history books and legends. And Bush is on the wrong side of it.

Pat and Kevin Tillman acted on the feelings that I think most Americans (except for the chickenhawks) had, at least for a moment. They did it though: out of pure selfless patriotism, joined the army to retaliate against those who attacked us.

Somehow the more soldiers who die, the more legitimate the illegal invasion becomes.

Somehow American leadership, whose only credit is lying to its people and illegally invading a nation, has been allowed to steal the courage, virtue and honor of its soldiers on the ground.

Somehow those afraid to fight an illegal invasion decades ago are allowed to send soldiers to die for an illegal invasion they started.

Tillman ends with this paragraph that I think is important to remember:

In a democracy, the policy of the leaders is the policy of the people. So don't be shocked when our grandkids bury much of this generation as traitors to the nation, to the world and to humanity. Most likely, they will come to know that "somehow" was nurtured by fear, insecurity and indifference, leaving the country vulnerable to unchecked, unchallenged parasites.

This is why we need to throw the bums out of office now: they are making a disgrace of us all.