Sleep On This

In a democracy, we are responsible for the actions of our government. You cannot claim that, because you voted for the opposition, that you are exempt from blame.

We are not forced to do what we do. We in the United States have free will.

Therefore, the report that was published this morning that approximately 655,000 Iraqis have been killed since we invaded should horrify you.

We are responsible for this. All of us. We the People did this to Iraq.

We cannot wash the blood of the dead from our hands. That is impossible. But what we can do is take the necessary steps to stop the war and repair whatever we can.

The first step is to vote in November for Democrats in the Senate and in Congress.

I used to believe that at least the Republicans were decisive and that was better than what the Democrats offered. I was wrong. Republican leadership has taken several steps to destroy the country our founding fathers risked their lives to build.

Think about this: George Washington was willing to lay down his life for the ideals of freedom and democracy. He made a conscious decision to go to war against, and kill, British soldiers. What do you believe he and the other founding fathers would do if they woke up to find their America had become a state where corporations dictate policy, where the administration removes liberties from its citizens and where our armed forces are wasting energy and lives in a place that was not a threat to our way of life.

Do you think George Washington would sit still if he knew 655,000 Iraqis have been killed under the flag of the nation that he devoted his life to create?

No. He would do something about it.

And we must as well.