Senator Webb Gets It

Senator Webb's Democratic rebuttal to President Bush's speech was superb. Terrell of Alone on a Limb offers an excerpt from Webb's speech:

Like so many other Americans, today and throughout our history, we serve and have served, not for political reasons, but because we love our country. On the political issues - those matters of war and peace, and in some cases of life and death - we trusted the judgment of our national leaders. We hoped that they would be right, that they would measure with accuracy the value of our lives against the enormity of the national interest that might call upon us to go into harm's way.

We owed them our loyalty, as Americans, and we gave it. But they owed us - sound judgment, clear thinking, concern for our welfare, a guarantee that the threat to our country was equal to the price we might be called upon to pay in defending it.

The President took us into this war recklessly. ...

There's a weight to what Senator Webb is saying that I deeply appreciate. In firm but respectful language, Webb makes it clear that Bush has violated our nation's trust. Bush will be in office for another two years. Let's hope Bush does no further harm and that the next president is a considerable improvement.

By the way, I'm jealous that Terrell has figured out YouTube and has Senator Webb giving his speech. I solemnly swear I'll take the time to figure it out one of these days. I'm a writer but nobody told me I was going to have to learn multimedia as I get older!