Friday, September 14, 2007

Last evening President Bush addressed the nation from the oval office for the 8th time on the subject of the War in Iraq. This week in a small chapel in rural Wisconsin, the family of Cpl. Kieth Numberg is laying their son to rest, at the same time the Department of Defense has not confirmed 5 American deaths, which means that soon, perhaps tonight their families will be getting a terrible knock in their door. The President is again asking us to be patient, to wait just a little longer and then we will start to see the measure of progress in Iraq. Yet the facts on the ground are sobering, the Iraqi government after taking the month of august off, still cannot govern, the Iraqi army cannot defend iraq, tribal war lords are still in control of most of the provinces.

The President's plan is to have hundreds of thousands of American boys and girls occupying Iraq, for what he has admitted will be long after his Presidency, an unending war in the middle east. Thankfully Republicans and Democrats in Washington are standing up to the White House and demanding an end to the occupation. People all across the country are finally asking "why?" Why my son or daughter, why my nephew or neice, why my former student?

Nearly 100 Wisconsinites and 3,780 Americans have been killed, get involved on your campus, help end the war, help make sure that no other families have to have that knock on their door.