High Treason

Def. A crime that undermines the offender's government.

I've made no secret about opposing the war on Iraq. I feel the country was lied to, and those in power have/and will gain personally from the increased spending on military, and the profits currently being made by oil companies. However, no matter how logically I make this argument to some people, they can't accept the fact that they ... we ... have been duped. So, I'll let this letter, from a mother of an enlisted man that I found in the "Letters" section of Military Families Speak Out, speak for me.

Hi there, My son is in Iraq, and we want to thank you for your efforts. Zac is a son, husband, and father who is much beloved, and he is very opposed to this war. We are outraged at the lies and manipulation of this administration. Nothing is as it appears, and new tricks are uncovered every day, it seems. And the audacity of the "president" who says, "Bring it on" while he and all his loved ones are safely out of harm's way is more than I can even address in polite company! Who does he think he's fooling? What is the real agenda here? My only son is there, and he's the one who has to answer to the hostility toward representatives of this lying administration. He loves this country, and he is glad to serve, but not in this action. He is ashamed, as should we all be, about the way we went about this action. Lives are at stake every day; danger is everywhere, and now they talk about cutting the hazardous duty pay of the service people whose lives are at risk every moment. Zac was originally supposed to be finished with his tour early in September, but now says that there is no definitive end to his deployment. Morale is low, and anxiety is high. No one thinks Hussein was a good leader; he was cruel and inhumane. But going it alone, and continuing to insist on being the only arbiter of the fate of the citizens of Iraq, is leading us down a path that will ultimately destroy this country, not only in the eyes of people around the world, but in its own citizens as well. I fell heartened to know that there are other military families vocally opposing the war, since the administration and some of the press have tried to paint opponents as non-patriots. Our children are the ones being sacrificed, and we have not only the right as Americans, but the obligation as citizens to speak out against an unlawful and wrong action. Thank you again for your efforts! Donna Williamson

The simple fact is, President Bush committed treason by leading us to war with Iraq for reasons he knew not to be true. I don't believe in the death penalty, but he should be tried, impeached, and jailed for life for putting this woman's family, and every other military family, as well as the families of previously peaceful Iraqi's, into harm's way over his lie.