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Today, I Weep for My Country...
From the Senate floor Wednesday, Sen. Byrd (D-W.Va.) asks, "Why can this President not seem to see that America's true power lies not in its will to intimidate, but in its ability to inspire?"
Source: By Sen. Robert Byrd, 2003-03-20
Candidate: Robert Byrd
I believe in this beautiful country. I have studied its roots and gloried in the wisdom of its magnificent Constitution. I have marveled at the wisdom of its founders and framers. Generation after generation of Americans has understood the lofty ideals that underlie our great Republic. I have been inspired by the story of their sacrifice and their strength.
But, today I weep for my country. I have watched the events of recent months with a heavy, heavy heart. No more is the image of America that of the strong yet benevolent peacekeeper. The image of America has changed. Around the globe, our friends mistrust us, our word is disputed, our intentions are questioned.
Instead of reasoning with those with whom we disagree, we demand obedience or threaten recrimination. Instead of isolating Saddam Hussein, we seem to have isolated ourselves. We proclaim a new doctrine of preemption which is understood by few and feared by many. We say that the United States has the right to turn its firepower on any corner of the globe which might be suspect in the war on terrorism. We assert that right without the sanction of any international body. As a result, the world has become a much more dangerous place.
We flaunt our superpower status with arrogance. We treat UN Security Council members like ingrates who offend our princely dignity by lifting their heads from the carpet. Valuable alliances are split.
After war has ended, the United States will have to rebuild much more than the country of Iraq. We will have to rebuild America's image around the globe.
The case this Administration tries to make to justify its fixation with war is tainted by charges of falsified documents and circumstantial evidence. We cannot convince the world of the necessity of this war for one simple reason. This is a war of choice.
There is no credible information to connect Saddam Hussein to 9/11. The twin towers fell because a world-wide terrorist group, Al Qaeda, with cells in over 60 nations, struck at our wealth and our influence by turning our own planes into missiles, one of which would likely have slammed into the dome of this beautiful Capitol except for the brave sacrifice of the passengers on board.
The brutality seen on September 11th and in other terrorist attacks we have witnessed around the globe are the violent and desperate efforts by extremists to stop the daily encroachment of western values upon their cultures. That is what we fight. It is a force not confined to borders. It is a shadowy entity with many faces, many names, and many addresses.
But this Administration has directed all of the anger, fear, and grief that emerged from the ashes of the twin towers and the twisted metal of the Pentagon towards a tangible villain, one we can see and hate and attack. And villain he is. But, he is the wrong villain. And this is the wrong war. If we attack Saddam Hussein, we will probably drive him from power. But, the zeal of our friends to assist our global war on terrorism may have already taken flight.
The general unease surrounding this war is not just due to "orange alert." There is a pervasive sense of rush and risk and too many questions unanswered. How long will we be in Iraq? What will be the cost? What is the ultimate mission? How great is the danger at home?
A pall has fallen over the Senate Chamber. We avoid our solemn duty to debate the one topic on the minds of all Americans, even while scores of thousands of our sons and daughters faithfully do their duty in Iraq.
What is happening to this country? When did we become a nation that ignores and berates our friends? When did we decide to risk undermining international order by adopting a radical and doctrinaire approach to using our awesome military might? How can we abandon diplomatic efforts when the turmoil in the world cries out for diplomacy?
Why can this President not seem to see that America's true power lies not in its will to intimidate, but in its ability to inspire?
War appears inevitable. But, I continue to hope that the cloud will lift. Perhaps Saddam will yet turn tail and run. Perhaps reason will somehow still prevail. I along with millions of Americans will pray for the safety of our troops, for the innocent civilians in Iraq, and for the security of our homeland. May God continue to bless the United States of America in the troubled days ahead, and may we somehow recapture the vision which for the present eludes us.
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User Originated Comments:
From: albert g.
1999-11-30 00:00:00
neena,neena:it is sad that even after 1500 yrs of
history people like you still feel and think this
way.
why would industrial
countries
still behave like the day of the
crusade.
why are we still intruding on
foreign land.
the crusade date backs to the
5-6 century and has nothing to do with bringing
gospel to the heathens. but it sure tied in with
the "silk road" and is based on greed.
note
the thousands of people that has died during this
war
that has been fought back and
forth.
again greed has taken place in the so
called "holy land".
is this why you believe
that christians and muslims cannot get
along.
come now don't show you ignorance. you
have been duped
totally duped by the extreme
right.
come of your stick and join us
defeating this administration.
a woman
normally has more sense falling for this
propaganda, because a woman is born with intuitive
feeling. unless she is to far gone.
i have
work for years among muslims and found out that
they have more moral customs than we do.
you
see you have been coup up to long in your
conservative henhouse. come down your stick and
join us ,it will relieve you of your tremendous
burden.
we are a rainbow generation, join us
and unite behind us.
From: Neena I. Miller
1999-11-30 00:00:00
president abraham lincoln was the best amnerican
president in our country. he warned that our
great country could only be taken down from
within. he also warned of the horrible end that
would come to us from a single source which was
one we would be to christian to see. our congress
needs to see that muslims and christian cannot
live together. muslims and no-body can live
together. we need to inact legislation and write
laws that require those that write the policies
that we must live by, must also live by.
polygraph test and drug test. and no muslim
should ever have any right to be in congress, or
as far as that goes any place in a christian
society. next time this country is attacked look
to congress and the cia, fbi, the military
leaders, all that have any infuluence on policy or
up-holding the safety of america and extract the
muslim and communist in our own government. those
of us who love this country and are christian in
our believes know that you can not undo the harm
done now to our country without war. a war that
we had better win and thqt is going to take more
than crawfishing for votes and shaking hands on
promises made by the enemy.
From: Lugnut
1999-11-30 00:00:00
oh there's a lot more, a lot more, don't worry..
From:
1999-11-30 00:00:00
it's incomplete. thank you.
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