To George

For too long, no one has stood up and said that this is not right, that it is wrong, and I will take in no part of it. The only thing separating the Dick Cheney’s and George Bush’s of this world from the mass murderer’s of this world is proximity. They weren’t the one’s holding the knife or the gun, but still, if it wasn’t for them, it never would have happened. The scale of what they have done is orders of magnitude beyond even the most horrific of mass or spree killings, or the most prolific of serial killers. Mr. Bush, surely you can’t still believe that what you have done is right, you must have, at some point realized that engaging in this war was a mistake. How long ago was it that you realized you made a mistake, and how many people have been killed since then? How many of our courageous fighting men and women will be struck down, because you can’t say three little words, “I was wrong”? How many Iraqis, Journalists, Contractors, how many people has this war of yours already destroyed? Some 3,500 coalition soldiers are dead, in all you’ve taken by your actions maybe four hundred thousand lives. That is your legacy. The destruction of that country, and all of those many, many lives that are gone now, that is what you will be remembered for. I bet daddy’s proud of you now. You sure have showed him, haven’t you? You’ve gone and finished what he didn’t have the stomach for. This is your legacy, your contribution to the world; this is what will define your name. Does any of that bother you? Do you care that you will be counted alongside Saddam Hussein, as a tyrant, a torturer, and a killer? Do you care that as a direct result of your actions, a direct result of decisions that you made, scores of thousands of people are dead?