I do not disagree that there are some positive things coming out of us being in Iraq or that Suddam was and evil man. We can’t go back in time and stop the war from happening nor do I think we should. However the ends don't justify the means. Every piece of evidence the Bush administration brought forth as to why we should go to war in Iraq was fabricated out of thin air and yet we bought it all hook line and sinker.

There never was a government funded link between Al Quida nor a major al Quida presence in Iraq until we invaded the country. The claims that Saddam was attempting to obtain nuclear weapons material completely false as well. So to say that we went in to that country to fight Al Quida and help make America safer is just flat out wrong. The claim that Iraq had WMD’s again flat out wrong with no real evidence to back that claim up. Now we’re not talking about the Bush administration simply dropping the ball and not vetting out the evidence properly. Where talking about them actively pursuing ways and means to fabricate believable evidence that would allow them to go to war with Iraq.

Not for one second do I doubt the honor, courage and self sacrifice that our American soldiers have and continue to have for my own freedom in America and that they do it with great pride and willingness. But those soldiers should never have been put in a situation where they had to display those qualities time and time again willingly or not. To fight and die for the freedoms of another is one of the noblest acts one can ever perform. But when the war you are fighting in has a main cause that has been fabricated out of thin air by a power hungry self serving dictator then something has gone wrong. I will support our troops 100% ever time they do their duty and follow the orders of their commander in chief. But supporting them 100% does not mean that I have to give a blanket acceptance of the orders that they have been given and the reasons behind those orders.

Right now in the White House Bush is crafting blanket pardons for all the people complicit in fabricating the evidence of the war as well as those that violated the Geneva conventions rules of torture while stationed down at Guantanamo Bay as well as those that gave those orders. Look at the case of the German man whose two biggest crimes against humanity where that he was not American and he chose to show in interest for the belief system of the Muslim culture instead of Christianity. He chose not to be Christian and so they arrested him as a terror suspect and carted him off to Guantanamo Bay and held him there for years not days or weeks but years without any contact with his mother or legal representative. Not only that they tortured him in unimaginable ways and this was even after they discovered the overwhelming evidence vindicating this young man as not being a terrorist. Time and time again even while knowing he was not guilty they tried to coerce him in to signing a statement of his guilt and even attempted to get him to sign said statement on the plane flight back to German to set him free and let him go. And anyone who tries to argue that Bush had no knowledge of the many incidences mirroring this one or that he did not authorize or foster this type of culture in the military and amongst his advisors and staff is very naïve at best.

So I have all the respect in the world for the sacrifice that our American troops have made for my freedoms but somewhere along the lines we crossed the line and went very wrong and the people that lost their moral compass somewhere in life and orchestrated our crossing of the line need to be held accountable for their actions. Some people have argued that we should simply move on and focus all our energies on the healing of the nation. Yet what if we had never held the Nuremburg trials and held the Nazi’s responsible for the genocide of the Jewish people accountable for their actions where would we be today. Bush and his administration committed many terrible crimes against the American people and the peoples of the world and he should be held accountable for his actions but he won’t even receive a slap on the wrist. Yet Bill Clinton decides to get a little busy in the Oval office with a young willing intern and we vilify him as a demon for his actions.