Frontline: Bush's War - With Great Power Comes Delusion, and Evil

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I've just finished watching Frontline: Bush's war and alot of the material within is repeats of some of their other incredible documentaries such as extraordinary rendition, and Cheney's Law. Let's just say that as always, for the common man, watching this should make you furious.

How delusional was Dick Cheney to the point where he was in such denial about Iraq having any links to Al Qaeda that he had to make up his own independant research group to falsify and create false links to Iraq just to get what he wanted? He went against all viable information, and used dirty tricks to undercut everyone who appeared to defy him including Colin Powell.

Not only do you have someone as delusional as Dick Cheney defying all the smart people around him to have things his way, but you have a moronic puppet of a President, George Bush, who actually decides to go through with Cheney's maniacal plans to invade a country on paper thin, circumstantial evidence? How is someone so dense that they decide to go against all physical evidence from the CIA only to displace hundreds of thousands, and kill thousands of other innocent people and soldiers?

There have been times where I thought that civilians were better at running the military than the military personel, but this administration is going to leave it's marks for decades as to what happens when a dense under achieving former President's son gets put into power with delusional manipulative war hawks like Dick Cheney-all of whom have no experience in the military.

Quotes like "So?", and "They volunteered [to die]" is the kind of nonchalant answer you'll get to someone who has no idea what it's like to be a patriot, and to serve your country. Greedy Republicans only care about staying in power, and reaping the profits from wars that should never have happened.

Who's to blame? Well, certainly there are those who are more responsible than others. And they will be held accountable. But again, truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty you need only look into a mirror.

For the 31% of the country who still believe in this administration... what is wrong with you? For that 51% who decided to re-elect this confederacy of dunces, what were you thinking? That because he's a neo-con and a conservative, global warming denying, delusional god fearing man that he would lead this country better than a war veteran? Or an environmental activist and former Vice President?

The United States of Amnesia was formed to be run by great men, not by stupid men who were elected by other greedy stupid men. It's time for a change, and here's to hoping that in twenty years we don't go through this same pattern.

Remember the mistakes of our past leaders, for history always repeats itself with a nation of ignorance and complacency.

Image from PBS/Frontline. Full documentary available online at Frontline.