Bush Administration II is about as bad a sequel as as any ever to come out of our Hollywood inspired, media controlled, and image intoxicated political strategies, and the effects on the Country of this ill-prepared and arrogant generation of politicians could not be worse. Both political parties have failed us, and continue to do so with their excessive partisanship, and general inability to understand what it really means to be a public servant and a statesman. The current crop of politicians of all stripes are far too much interested in power and its uses, than in service to the Republic. Because of this tragic hubris, they are killing our Nation.
At the same time, this really being a War for the future of our People, there are some very significant deeds that could be done by ordinary people who find themselves in extraordinary circumstances. For example, much that Bush Administration II gets away with is dependent upon secrecy. As long as they can hide their real agenda and motives, and yet maintain a false public face, however hypocritical and duplicitous, our Republic will continue to fail. Yet, just here they are vulnerable to those one, two or three persons, who living on the inside find that they can no longer stomach what is being done, and what is being kept hidden. This is what our Republic needs - insiders to stand up and speak the truth.
In the War in Iraq, everyone understands that sacrifice even unto death is called for, but it is time to understand that for the War in Washington, this need for sacrifice has just as much meaning. We don't ordinarily think of civil servants, and low level administrative political appointees as soldiers in a War, but perhaps it is time we did.
Already there are chinks in the amour of secrecy surround Bush Administration II. Someone leaked Secretary Rumsfeld's memo on his honest appraisal of the future of the War in Iraq. Someone leaked the CIA's latest evaluation of their own evaluation on this future. But these, could well have been leaks for a more mundane purpose - a purpose not necessarily with the future of the Republic at heart. In the War in Washington, it is hard to tell why anonymous leaks get done.
What kind of leaks the People of our Nation need is leaks that spoil the plans of ambitious power hungry men - leaks with a face on them where the leaker had the Courage to stand up and say, I have seen the dark face seeking to rule instead of serve our Republic, and this is what it looks like.
It wouldn't take too many such heros to turn the tide of battle, and bring the People a win in the War in Washington.
written November 14th, 2003 our our
