Simmering Beneath the Surface
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Letter to Senator Cornyn
Dear Senator Cornyn,
Thank you for your consideration of this email.
I watched today’s (1/24/2007) proceedings of the Senate Foreign Relations committee meeting, and when I heard the fetid sewage that poured forth from the mouths of Senator’s Hagel and Voinivich, it stirred my anger. In their strutting peacock pomposity, they reveal themselves for what they really are, and that is a coward. I say they are cowards because they hide their convictions until the outcome is at hand, casting their lots with the popular majority and slight of hand. And now the November election results have cast a light into their shadow of convictions, forcing these cowards to find a scapegoat and shine the light somewhere else.
The President has stood before all Americans, laying open his convictions, staying strong on his principles. He has taken pot shot from the oppositions, which is to be expected. He should not take pot shots from his own party, and I expect more from Republican Senators than the jelly-back-boned response I have seen from the Washington lately.
The President has taken us to Iraq on a principle of protecting this country by spreading democracy. This non-binding senate resolution spits in the face of the President, our country’s security, and the democratic principle that everyone can be free and the United States is there to help. This action will continue to re-enforce the belief already held by our enemies and allies, you can not count on the USA if there is a chance that someone will get a bloody nose. Look back to our reaction of how Sadam crushed the Shia after the Gulf War, and you will see the rest of world expects us to respond in Iraq today, and conflicts in the future.
The USA is the progenitor and protector of modern democracy. We can also be democracy’s purveyor, bringing peace and prosperity to a world too often filled with violence and corruption. It is these ideals where the Senate should be focused. The principled debates of democracy should not be pushed aside so that others can preen for the 2008 election photo op.
Senator Cornyn, I ask you to please take this message to the Senate. Please do not be dragged down by this despicable resolution, and please hold fast to the principles of democracy.
Thank you,
