Bush Attacks Iraq War Critics

Bush Attacks Iraq War Critics: "In a speech marking Veterans Day at the Tobyhanna Army Depot in Pennsylvania, Bush pointed to bipartisan support for an October 2002 congressional resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq and suggested that critics now were hypocritically refusing to 'stand behind' U.S. troops fighting there."

I don't know how many times I have to say this, but criticsm of the President, of the war, or the way in which we went to war, does not denigrate the troops. We cannot be held silent simply because we have entered into a never-ending war. Bush would have us blindly support him when he so soundly deserves criticism. In fact, he is being criticized because he may have abused his powers and put the troops in harm's way unneccessaily.

The resolution of which he speaks we were told was meant to be a bold threat, not a sign off on Bush's actions. This resolution essentially violates the constitution because it takes away the role of Congress to declare war and allows the President to enter into and conduct war any way he chooses. There's no doubt that those he criticize him now for going to war should seriously regret voting for the resolution, but it does not deny them the right to question the conduct of the war and the way intelligence was used to build the case for war.

As many times as we may hear that "everyone" though Hussein had WMD, there was one President who chose to put troops on the ground there to risk their lives for his cause. We must question and criticize because now over 2000 of those troops have now died. Who, really, is looking out for them?