We bombed Iraq. It’s about time. But why **now**

The United States and Great Britain bombed Iraq last night. I
personally thing that’s a good thing. I’ve wondered for quite a while why
we didn’t do it sooner. But right now I’m feeling pretty cynical and have
decided that we didn’t bomb earlier because there was no political
advantage for Bill Clinton to do so. Now, there is.

##Don’t get me wrong

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying that the only reason we are bombing
Iraq is because Clinton thinks it’ll delay his impeachment. I’m saying
that at a minimum, it played a part in the final decision to start
bombing.

I can imagine the meeting right now:

General: “You know those bastards have those weapons ready to go Mr.
President, and it’s up to us to stop them.”

President: “You’re probably right general.”

Weasel Presidential Aide: “And if we do, it’ll distract the country from
your impeachment hearings and they’ll get delayed. Hell, maybe even
forgotten.”

President: “Good point. OK general. You have you’re ‘Go’ order”

##Don’t stop the process

We, as a nation of voters (well, some of us anyway) need to take the
question of impeaching the President very seriously.

The framers of the constitution didn’t put a proviso in it exempting the
president from impeachment during a conflict with another country. So we
shouldn’t stop the process because of one now.

In fact, because of this president’s penchant for lying, it might be best
to get rid of him before the situation in Iraq heats up even more. Can you
imagine us getting into another Viet Nam type scenario where the president
tells us that he’s going to get out of Iraq, all the while continuing the
bombing a starting a ground war? I can. He wouldn’t think twice about
doing it an lying to us about it.