Soldier - Disregard The Smell

In 1994, Texas Gubernatorial candidate, George W. Bush dressed up in a hunting outfit, borrowed a gun, and staged a quail-hunting event, then proceeded to shoot a protected specie, the Texas killdeer. Realizing the mistake, Bush attempted to stuff the bird in his hunting bag, however a reporter (damn) noticed, and made a scene. Forced to report the incident, Bush was assessed $130 in fines. This past February while quail hunting, Vice President Dick Cheney, shot his friend, Harry Whittington in the face. Rather than report the incident himself, Vice President Cheney chose to let the ranch owner, Katherine Armstrong make the announcement. The Vice President's office didn't even acknowledge the incident until the following day. With the support of fellow Repubs, these 2 hunting gurus have been calling the shots (no pun intended) since 9/11. They've sent our young soldiers marching off to Afghanistan and Iraq, to hunt down the terrorist. Now they're on the hunt in Baghdad, marching up and down insurgent invested streets, traveling up and down IED laden roads, and breaking down neighborhood doors, not knowing who or what lies in wait. They have no way of knowing whether Mohamed is a terrorist, a freedom fighter, or just downtown grocery shopping. Or is the car coming down the road carrying Junior to school, or is Junior's lunch box his claim ticket for his band of virgins? Yesterday, Bush, Cheney, and Ginny Brown-Waite said, "Soldier you'll be a liberator", now they pass out medals as the liberator morphs into an infidel occupier. God forbid, these brave young men and women react to defend themselves, only to find they've made a mistake. Unlike the hunting gurus, the young soldier can't stuff the dead Iraqi in a bag, or have the ranch owner or the press secretary spin the incident.Fellow Republicans echo Bush and Cheney saying, "12 million Iraqis voted, democracy is about to blossom, and the smell of liberty fills the air". The Soldiers and their families are beginning to say, yes there is a smell in the air, and it smells a lot like hell on earth. But the "stay the course" hunter who stuffed the bird, the "I didn't mean to" hunter who shot his buddy, the fox "fair & balanced" spinner of facts, and the "I have a medal for you" gang, are once again talking to our troops, saying."Soldier disregard the smell, Just stay the course".; It's time we sent someone to Washington who can smell it for what it is, and then tell it like it is..and that someone must be our next President.