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PROMISES
There’s no such thing in politics

Politicians seem to throw around money like they do their promises — freely and without much thought.

But $87 billion? That’s what President George W. Bush wants to continue his fight on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan next year.

When Bush announced that we were going to war with Iraq in March, he told us we didn’t need support from the United Nations and our fight wouldn’t last long. Now Bush is changing his mind on both.

In May, Bush appeared on television screens all over the nation and said the war in Iraq was over. Four months later, soldiers continue to fight and die daily in battle. The death toll is currently more than 280.

In May, he thumbed his nose at the idea of needing the United Nations’ approval to go to war with Iraq. Now he’s using that same hand to get the United Nations support. Sen. Robert Byrd from West Virginia told the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday that Congress is not an ATM. Apparently somebody forgot to tell Bush that because he seems to think he has unlimited withdrawal privileges.

No matter how infamous politicians are for breaking promises, Bush’s blatant disregard for the intelligence of the American public in thinking we won’t remember promises made a mere four months ago is ridiculous.

Let’s put aside how his deceptions will sit come election time. If Bush is really serious about getting Americans to continue supporting him, he needs to show that he is placing a priority on the extremely high cost of American lives and money being sacrificed for this war.