July 22, 2006

Insanity and Madness,...

 
The Never Ending War
 
 
By Sgt. Kevin Benderman
 
 
Israel has declared all out war against Lebanon and is currently in the process of attempting to bomb Beirut into oblivion. 
 
Our current presidential administration seems to believe it is necessary to support this military action.  
 
It is my firm opinion that we should not provide Israel with any military assistance or moral support as they continue to fight this unnecessary war. 
 
As a matter of fact, Israel should realize the artificial creation of it as a state in 1948 is the root cause of their never-ending war since that time.  Israel and NATO should have negotiated with the people that already had been long established in that region for the accommodation of the misplaced Holocaust survivors instead of bullying their way into an occupation. 
 
The United States needs to stop aiding and abetting the long and extremely heinous cycle of war in this region and to begin to work with both sides to come up with a viable solution.  If the two sides refuse to make no positive attempts to resolve this longstanding conflict then we should no longer support either side. 
 
As an average taxpayer, I'm tired of my tax dollars being spent on programs that assist this situation to continue to create instability in this region.  If the nation of Israel wants to continue this madness, then let them do it on their own. 
 
This never-ending war started in 1948, then simmered until 1967, then again until 1973 and has been going strong ever since.  There has been nothing positive accomplished by all of this fighting and for it to have continued this long is pure insanity. 
 
For us to continue to support this madness through the sale of surplus military equipment and the training in the proper use of this equipment is a worthless waste of our time and resources.  We have not benefited from this in any way. 
 
As a matter of fact, our involvement in this situation has proven physically detrimental to our economy on at least one prior occasion and it is apparently doing so again.  The 1973 OPEC Oil Embargo against us was put in place because of our assistance to Israel.  Now oil prices are at close to $80 per barrel, which is having an extremely adverse effect on our economy. 
 
 For us to continue to throw good money after bad in this situation absolutely makes no sense.  It is far past the time for Israel to wean itself from the American teats and to reach a sound compromise in the region, or get out. 
 
Either way the United States should stop assisting this situation to continue and to start giving the resources we have wasted on this insanity to reduce our National Deficits and to resolve other problems we face here at home.
 
 
 
 
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July 02, 2006

Former VP candidate Edwards ranking Number One Choice for President

 
Edwards calls for U.S. war on poverty
 
By Julia Silverman
 

PORTLAND - Former vice presidential candidate John Edwards, who is mulling over a run for the presidency in 2008, called for withdrawal from Iraq within the next 18 months, and for the U.S. government to launch another war - on poverty - in a speech Friday at the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women's conference.

Edwards, a former Democratic senator from North Carolina who currently directs a poverty research center at the University of North Carolina, couldn't resist a few partisan jabs at the current administration, calling the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina ''a failure of presidential leadership.''

His comments drew applause from the largely Democratic conference attendees, who cheered Edwards' calls for a rise in the minimum wage, expansion of earned income tax credits and expanded regulations for the check-cashing industry.

Edwards also said it should be easier for workers to join unions.

''If Republicans or Democrats can join a political party by signing their name to a card, any worker should be able to do the same thing with a union,'' said Edwards, who was on the 2004 ticket with Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry.

In a recent poll of Iowa Democrats, Edwards ranked at the top of a list of potential presidential candidates, outpacing New York Sen. Hillary Clinton. Iowa is host to the nation's first political caucus, and often plays a key role in determining the nominees for the major political parties.

Edwards' speech offered a preview of some of the talking points Democrats will use on the campaign trail this fall: He called for universal health care coverage and for development of wind and solar energy sources, and he said he regretted his vote authorizing the president to declare war in Iraq.

In response to questions from reporters after his speech, Edwards said he considered Oregon a progressive state, but said he still considered it contested. Edwards and Kerry won Oregon in 2004 with 51 percent of the vote to President Bush's 47 percent.

 

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