How humiliating

You don't hear much about this but it appears that SMU does not want the Bush Presidential Library although that is supposed to be where it will be created. I don't know if it is official that they don't want it or just the case that there are many faculty and others who definitely don't want it there. It strikes me as the ultimate humiliation. Can you imagine being a President so bad that people don't even want your (presumably prestigious) library? Couldn't happen to a nicer guy!

There is still insane talk of sending more troops to Iraq. And we are apparently sending more forces into the Persian Gulf. It looks ominous to me. Absolutely nothing positive can come of this. It seems to be common knowledge now that no military solution is possible in this phony "war," so what is the point of sending in more military? Bush/Cheney seem to be completely unwilling to try serious diplomacy and cling to their idiotic belief that we can somehow "win." Control of Iraqi oil is such a powerful goal Bush/Cheney are seemingly unable to give it up no matter how many lives are lost or ruined. We have already lost the "war" in Iraq. No amount of troops will make any difference. Even if we send in half a million troops and manage to control all of Iraq we will not have won. You cannot win when you are on the wrong side, and make no mistake about it, we are definitely on the wrong side. We invaded a sovereign nation that was no threat to us (or anyone else), the most basic of war crimes. We killed and tortured and lied and profited, and destroyed their country. We are the losers no matter what happens now. There are no moral grounds for what we have done - none. We have lost all credibility and respect that we might have once had. Along with Israel and to a lesser respect, England, we are now THE problem for the world. We have only our own stupidity and greed to blame for this unbelievable disaster. NO MORE BLOOD FOR OIL! Bring our troops home now! And let's have some accountability for the greatest military and foreign policy blunder in our history.