Adam Schultz

The other day, I realized that George W. Bush is now directly responsible for killing more US citizens in Iraq than were killed on 9-11. (with Afganastan, that # was surpassed months ago)

That is to say, that over the past 5 years, Bush has killed more Americans than Terrorists.

If someone wanted to do the math, I would go out on a limb and say that very soon, George W. Bush will be directly responsible for the deaths and injuries of more Americans with his un-just, un-warranted, un-necessary war in Iraq than all of the US terrorist attacks, ever.

Now, even more astounding is the realization that as of a couple of months ago, over half a million Iraqis have been killed since major combat in Iraq.

Moreover, this President is un-willing to release research funding to harvest even one frozen, never going to be used for anything else, embryo, that could lead to life saving research for countless people plagued by countless diseases because he values human life too much to permit government funding for the research.

Like many of you, until now, I felt that this whole war was such a magnificent mess that no matter what we did it wouldn’t make a difference. Sometimes I feel like we just need to get the hell out, split the country into 3 and grovel for forgiveness to the international community to bring in international peacekeepers in to protect the new borders. Then, sometimes, I feel that more troops could help stabilize the country and help to slow the progress of civil war, and that we need to be there because its our mess to clean up.

But then I realized something. We are spending billions of dollars on this god damned war. Billions of dollars. To kill people, who are only killing us to get us out of the way for them to kill each other. spree that we are responsible for and kick started with our glorious SHOCK AND AWE. As long as we are there, killing is going to be the only thing that happens.

We must leave in order for any progress to take hold. Furthermore, for every father, mother , son or daughter we kill, out grows more people who will blame the US for their loss and radicalize in order to enact revenge. The implications will haunt us for generations. Just ask the Germans or the Japanese still living in the shadows of their awry past leaders.

More troops only mean more killing and that can’t be the proper path. If bush has his way, I am sure that over 10,000 us personnel and over 1,000,000 Iraqis will have died in this mess since the beginning. WTF!

If you just think of the lifetime potential and global contribution of over a million people. The lost accomplishments of these people, their children, their grandchildren and so on, it’s staggering.

Then we have Katrina. The city still sits. Still festers. Because the rest of this country and it’s President as written it off. Even in his State Of The Union Address, The gulf cost reconstruction was never even mentioned. Not a single utterance. Murder and suicide rate continue to climb and the news media has stopped talking about Katrina all together.

What are we doing spending Billions of Dollars on destroying Iraq, when that money could be spent rebuilding the Gulf Coast.

So that brings me to the title of this post.

I have a family to support, a business to build, and between the 2, that doesn’t leave much time for anything else save for the occasional blog post. I would like to do more but not only do I not know what to do to make a difference, I’m not sure I could commit time. All I have is a love for my country, my family and my friends.

I could wait for the presidential election, but I don’t think we can wait that long. The longer Bush is in power, the more exponential damage he is capable of. I am a member of MoveOn.org. I sign petitions and write letters they ask me to when I believe the cause is just.

But what else can we do. What else are we capable of doing that can actually make a difference. What can we do so that we no longer feel like ants being slowly burned by some big eared, thin lipped kid with a magnifying glass.

What the f–k should we do?

Leave your ideas in the comments and send this post to others for their input.

I will ask for feedback on some of the best ideas in follow up posts and I will personally head up an action commity for a chosen course.