@U2 Forum - U2 Fan Community:
People in the "Real World" section of the @U2 Forum needed some help figuring out why they shouldn't vote for George W., so I put in a few words:
" The UN never passed a resolution authorizing military force to topple Saddam. In fact, the US knew a resoultion worded that way would not pass, so they abandoned it and decided to defy the UN and invade Iraq. The resolution you speak of called for 'serious consequences' and specifically did not include a threat of force.
Also, the Congress never passed a Declaration of War, as required by the Constitution. Presidents have side-stepped this for ages, but in THIS war, we are without a doubt the aggressors and therefore Congress should have had to make a formal declaration of war. Bush would have never been able to pass that through Congress, so it wasn't even considered. They preferred the open-ended 'threat of force' bill that gave them the most leeway, and political leverage against anyone who opposed it.
The miscalculations of George W on Iraq are too numerous to count, and his insistence that things are getting better would be laughable if it weren't so sad. The war in Iraq has made the War on Terrorism much more difficult and emboldened terrorists worldwide, while at the same time we've dissed almost all of our strongest allies, with Bush's 'go it alone' policies.
But we are where we are, so the real question is what do we want to do from here? Rather than change diapers, I like the baseball analogy: it's time for a relief pitcher, and Kerry is the perfect man for the job. Respected worldwide, Kerry has experience with wars gone wrong and he is more capable of doing the job than just about anybody save John McCain (who the Republicans should have nominated in 2000....he would have won in a landslide).
If you've been a Bush-backer, but don't like the way things are going in Iraq, then say a fond 'Thank You' to George W for ousting Saddam, but place your vote for the person that can best handle the situation we are in right now.
Did you see the reaction Bush got at the UN yesterday?
We can't go on like that for another 4 years.
"