Blood of patriots: check

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson

This quote has been thrown around a lot the last few years. It's usually used by Bush supporters to explain why we had to invade Iraq and depose Saddam for the crimes of some Saudi terrorist operating out of Afghanistan.

This quote is right. Every so often we must suffer through the deaths of patriots and kill off some tyrants. But who is the tyrant in question? Whose been systematically dismantling the Constitution? Who has been holding American citizens without charge. Who has been invading and occupying foreign nations without cause? Who has been torturing POWs and imprisoning people who we know are not and were not ever terrorists? Who has been giving multi-billion dollar government contracts to his friends to provide spoiled food and toxic water to troops? Who has been tapping our phone lines without warrants? Who refuses any sort of oversight?

The tyrants are George Bush and his administration. 3,787 American soldiers are dead and another 27,848 are wounded just for the Iraq war. The blood of these patriots helps to show who the tyrant really is. The blood of these patriots helps to show where our liberties are being stripped away.

Impeachment is for criminal politicians. You don't impeach people like George Bush, Dick Cheney, and the members of their administration. Politicians like these go before war crimes tribunals.