She was on The Situation Room yesterday. She made the statement that "The Senate now owns the war."
I believe she is trying to bring concensus to the issue of Iraq, which is less about war and more about funding that brings deaths and genocide with so many in Iraq experiencing abject poverty and refugee camps, but, she made the observation that the Senate now owns a war they intend to keep in perpetuity at least for ten years.
It's disheartening to realize there is an entire Republican legislative agenda that creates and propagates war. It's a concern simply because there is the law of pre-emption and already the conservative talk radio shows are stating, 'We will be at war with Iran in the next year or two.' The way I interpreted that was to keep the Iraq War going until a majority of Republicans are returned to the Senate and House with the next election.
If the people don't have the will to change their legislature to a majority which can remove the USA from genocidal intent then there will be powers outside the Middle East that will. So much of what is also transpiring in conservative media is the 'defaming' of China to cause 'in time' a 'mind speak' that will resonate with the people of the USA to confront China and Russia should they take arms when the USA invades Iran.
In other words, the Right Wing Republicans are 'canting' to the next war and it will have global context with plenty of nuclear weapons exploding right regularly. That 'canting' revolves around a personalized agenda for the electorate surmounting the issue of personal wealth and greed. The 'local' talk shows give advise to listeners that is focused on an economic agenda that only Republicans would consent to and that is why Bush will never insure the under or uninsured. The Republican electorate is entrenched in a media driven voting scheme that links platitudes to war with 'survive the day' economics ONLY Red States could deliver.
The challenge to the slate of Democrats is to challenge southern economic strategies to deliver quality of life instead of quality of strife.
I am convinced the Republicans want this. The hate that is all a part of their conservative media is extensive, chronic and intended to turn the people of the USA against most nations that stand in the way of their agenda. That removes the democracy from the reach of the people of the USA. The American people, their treasury and any potential for quality of life then falls to the disposal of a Republican War Machine intent on 'an agenda' which does NOT include peace.
The USA has to look at what it's long term goals are and decide on diplomacy rather than war. If they do, then they have to choose a majority Democratic legislature with a President that supports initative to peace otherwise the next four years of Republican rule will bring the USA to self destruction at the hand of people that care little for the people and only thier agenda into war.
The one aspect that was sincerely disturbing regarding Speaker Pelosi's comments was the statement, "Impeachment is off the table." It should never be off the table in the House of Representatives. The House impeaches and the Senate tries the charges. Impeachment should be a very real alternative to a president intent on hurting the lives of children. Perhaps, the concern of Speaker Pelosi is that to impeach Bush means Cheney would have his finger on the nuke trigger. So, therefore, impeach Cheney first.
