Aaaaaaahhhh!!

So Shrub makes his pitch for continuing the madness and bloodshed in Iraq, declaring it's "worth it" to wage war in Iraq, to fight "them abroad before they attack us at home," which, even were it to be true, could mean nothing if it doesn't mean that Iraqi lives are worth less than American ones.

It comes at a time when half of Americans "want a timetable set and followed for removing troops from Iraq regardless of the situation there," pluralities say Iraq is separate from the War on Terror^{(c)(reg.)(pat.pend)} and has actually made us less safe, and a clear majority says it was a mistake to send troops in the first place. (All according to the most recent USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll.)

A time when a plurality of Americans, and a majority of political independents, say Bush is more to blame for the war than Saddam Hussein. (The Rasmussen Report, via AmericaBlog.)

A time when nearly 40% of Americans want the number of US troops in Iraq reduced and nearly 13% are saying "Out Now!" (So says a Washington Post survey; in its print coverage, the Post did its best to play up areas of good news for the Shrub team.)

And what do we hear from some Dummycrat Party "leaders?"

Sen. John Kerry, Bush's Democratic opponent in last year's presidential election, told NBC's "Today" show that the borders of Iraq "are porous" and said "we don't have enough troops" there.

Sen. Joseph Biden Jr., appearing on ABC's "Good Morning America," disputed Bush's notion that sufficient troops are in place. ...

"There's not enough force on the ground now to mount a real counterinsurgency." ...

Beyond their criticism, Some Democrats said they thought Bush strengthened his credibility. "I think he told the American people why it's important," said Biden.

Said Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.: "The president needs to do more of what he did last evening. This is a beginning."

AARRGGHH!

Okay, can you maybe finally get it through your thick heads, all you "Anybody But Bush" types, all you MoveOn sorts, all you LiberalOasis readers, has it penetrated yet that we are effing on our own!

There are individual Democrats that can be looked to, a greater number we can work with on common goals - but the Democrat Party is not the answer to what ails us and getting them back in control of Congress or the White House will not create a utopia of either peace or justice. (Or have you forgotten Kosovo, the bombings of Sudan and Afghanistan, the half-million dead Iraqi children is "worth it" business, the Defense of Marriage Act, "ending welfare as we know it," the list does continue.)

We - are - on - our - own. And the sooner we start picking our allies based on their ideologies rather than their party affiliation, the better off we'll be.

Footnote: Note well: I have worked and will work with MoveOn. LiberalOasis is on my list of links and I do read it. I do not reject them nor do I reject others with similar concerns and attitudes. But I do reject their conviction that the necessary position for anyone on the left, indeed the only valid position, is to support Democrats. And yes, that is their position.