Col. Wright gave a good speech. She explained why she left the diplomat service and said she got 400 emails from other diplomats in agreement. She explained she left because it was an illegal war and she also did not like the way it was planned to be fought. (If you're reading this before Sunday night she should be on channel 10 CBS - probably in tomorrow's paper)
Since the war and since the thing in Afghanistan she did not approve of the torture that was allowed by civilians. According to her the upper military (she named all four sections - Army, Air Force, Marines, and Navy) strongly objected that this put their men in added danger. (I would find the President guilty on this article of impeachment myself in that if the military were needed, he would be placing the soldiers and country in jeopardy. The only other two articles I would impeach on are violations of the Bill of Rights - the overthrow of the country - FISA and the Patriot Act. - So far.)
She had an interesting take on our contractors in Iraq. She mentioned we pay large sums of money to have Pakistanis and Indians feed our troops. (She did not have to say Iraqis would blow us up - but of course with welcoming arms and love!) Most of the money would head back to corporate headquarters. When I thought of this I thought of how very similar this is to the situation in Terre Haute. Perhaps we should change our name to Iraq.
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