L. Paul Bremer, the Administrator to Iraq shut down the al-Hawza, the newspaper run by al-Sadr's movement, for "false articles" that "incited violence." Why are we not shutting down the National Inquirer (or the New York Times) for false articles that incite stupidity?

That is just one thing that is going through my head on this rainy, Tuesday afternoon. I am tired of the war. Not as tired as the soldiers in Iraq who are forced to stay there when they should be returning to their families on leave, but I am tired of pro- and anti-war rhetoric. I am tired of the whole damn thing. Whether this war is officially over or not in the eyes of W., we need to accept where we are and move towards finding a solution to get this country and Iraq on the right track.

I think we can all say that no matter what the outcome is from the 9/11 commission, we as a nation will not be able to gain credibility unless we elect a new president. If we do not, then we have affirmed what every other country on this planet thinks of us, primarily that we are all like W., and we do not care about anything but feeding our growing consumerist/capitalist machine. That would probably be the first step in making progress. The other day I was listening to Air America (what else is new!) and they played an interview with Sen. John McCain in which he said definitely after the election there will be call for more money towards the war (bigger deficit) and they would also DEFINITELY have to expand the military. DRAFT!

Of course they would have to draft because no one is going to sign up for the military now unless they have a death wish or serious psychological problems, and honestly, do we really want crazy people defending us? Those people deserve positions in government, not on the front lines! I kid. How many young men have stopped filling out financial aid papers? You can't get financial aid unless you register for a potential draft. I had a friend who paid in cash, his mom could afford it, because he didn't want to have to be caught out there, having to go to war when he was a lover, not a fighter. At the time I said, After Vietnam they will NEVER draft again, but never say never, right?

Instead of arguing about the war, whether we should pull out or not, we have no choice but to stay. What we need to do is thinking about how we can fix all of the horrible damage we have done, especially in Fallujah, where innocent people were killed - about 600 to be exact, mostly women, children and the elderly- in response to the deaths of 4 security contractors, otherwise known as mercenaries. I guess we showed them, huh?

We need to figure out a way to put down the weapons and they won't do it first. You know why? Because they have nothing left to lose and a strong belief in a heavenly afterlife. 72 virgins ain't so bad for a millisecond with a bomb or bullet when you have nothing left to live for! It's hard for the knuckleheads in Washington to realize this, because they have such a low opinion of non-white people, but their nationalism is just as strong as ours. Would it be so bad if we called a truce and said you know what Iraq? We are sorry we fucked this up so bad. We want to make it up to you. Lets start over, this time, you tell us what you want and we will follow your lead. After all, this is your country. And you are intelligent, educated people, regardless of what the media images have portrayed and how our government calls you THUGS. If they only knew the origin of the word-in India, thank you history channel- for a band of thieves, rapists, and pillagers, they would see how it applies to what they have done to your country.

Like I said, I am tired of all of the talk. Now is the time for planning and our first goal should be to get W. and his posse out of office. I hope John Kerry has a good plan for what to do next, since he has become our posterboy for progressive change. I haven't heard it yet. I can only hope it doesn't include the words, draft, deficit and higher mortality rate.

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