The New Iraqi Independence Day?

March 28, 2007- President Bush today proved again that he is stuck in the mindset of September of 2001. Mr. Bush seems to think that the America of today is the America of six years ago, an America that was so afraid of the threats abroad that they were willing to support his plans to invade a sovereign nation that had not committed an offense against the United States of America. Mr. Bush, the Democrats say that time is no more. America has stood up, seen the light, and come out in full force against the war in Iraq. Democrats have a plan: troop withdrawal, by March 31, 2008. Their bill requires that in order for Mr. Bush to get funding for his war, he must begin to pull out the troops. Apparently, all is fair in love, war, and politics--even as our men and women die abroad. The Democratic Party will no longer give their president a blank check to play with the money of our nation, pouring resources into a war that we can not possibly win alone. Mr. Bush refuses to realize a loss. In effect, he has lost his credibility and America's standing and respect in the world. Money, time, effort, and of course, most importantly, the lives of American soldiers who died furthering another crusade has been lost. Thank God the Democrats found this blessing of a solution. The 2006 midterm elections were a referendum on Mr. Bush and his war and the American people voted against him. The Democratic Party has finally taken a firm hand against Mr. Bush and can no longer support an open-ended commitment of troops to Iraq. Even if Al-Qaeda will wait silently until America's pullout date, the American people feel our soldiers need to come home to safety and give Iraq back to the Iraqis.
Democracy, a gift from God, must come from the people. We cannot impose democracy on others. It may break our hearts, souls, and spirits to see others living in oppression, to see others deprived of freedom, but you must earn your freedom to appreciate it, it must come from your heart, so that when you are truly free, you know what that is worth. The Iraqi people have been given freedom that they haven’t earned on their own; they do not know what to do with it. We must come back to our side of the world and let them figure it out, and gently, without guns or war, but our deep faith in the power of our beautiful democratic institutions, lead them on their way to freedom.