Dick Durbin, U.S. Senator from Illinois, laid thick and
heavy praise on Obama’s staff laying out a clear vision for conflict in
Syria. He said the distinction between
the 2003 Iraq war and the case in Syria is clear. There is a moral component in what President
Obama is proposing. The use of biological weapons is a clear red line. By comparison, he claims that in the 2003 war
President Bush committed a “mortal political sin” by lying to the American
people about the weapons of mass destruction.
Durbin credits himself with a long memory, but apparently he
forgot that Saddam Hussein attempted genocide using biological weapons on the
Kurdish populations in Iraq killing 5,000 and injuring another 10,000.
According to the August 21st report, perhaps 650 were killed in
Syria.
He probably also forgot Saddam Hussein violated the
agreements he signed at the end of the 1991 Persian Gulf War. U.N. inspectors
we supposed to periodically inspect sites suspected of concealing weapons of
mass destruction. For 12 years Saddam
refused access. What was he hiding?
Apparently not weapons of mass destruction, but he clearly pretended to have
them.
The “Mortal Sin” is that we keep sending people like Dick
Durbin to Washington over and over again.
They lose sight of truth and honor.
They've forgotten how to work and produce. They have lost any sense of
fairness and honesty. We have been stupid to scrimp and sacrifice in order to
provide them with their luxurious life style, their sumptuous benefits, and
their golden retirement parachute. What
were we thinking?
And it is absolutely
dishonorable for them to expect or accept it.
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