THE COST OF THE WAR

The Rev. Dana Prom Smith, S.T.D., Ph.D. (3/23/08)

Nearly every day in the newspaper, the cost of Bush’s Iraqi War is brought to mind, not just in abstract numbers, but in concrete realities. Funds for the Forest Service are being severely curtailed which means that the protection of our own land is being threatened, not only in wildfire protection, but in efforts of restore the forest’s health.

The Metro anti-narcotics task force might go out of business because of a two-thirds cut in federal funding. The Bush Administration can’t seem to abide a successful program in its efforts to fund Bush’s Iraqi War and preserve tax-welfare for the rich and sociopathic corporations.

Bush, McCain, and Cheney like to tell us that their Iraqi War is being fought to make us safe from terrorist’s attacks. They lie, and what’s worse, they probably believe their own lie. If they have their way with the federal budget, we will be more threatened by wildfires, our forests will be more prone to wildfires, and the drug traffickers will have more freedom to eat away at our society. They call this “Homeland Security” as they plow through purses at airports.

McCain is a Bush Wannabe and promises to be a Bush Redivivus. If I were a Republican, I would be ashamed of myself and my party and walk through the streets in sackcloth and ashes.