The Way to a Brighter Future - Fourth Hour Democrats

Sitting in a library reading about our “successes” in Iraq I begin to ponder why we are still wasting money on what has become a total disaster. It isn’t even a war; it’s more a Republican attempt to force democracy on another country. We had such a problem with Russia doing this with communism yet we’re trying to do the same thing with democracy. So what is our reason for staying in Iraq? Mark Rodriguez knows that there is no sound answer for this question.
With no incumbent running this district has an important choice to make. The Republican candidate, Kurt Bullard, stands for more of the same in Iraq and fully supports the disaster in Iraq. Mark Rodriguez believes that the Iraq war has been a complete disaster for America and he will vote to bring the troops home, end the waste of billions of American dollars, and stop the destruction of the American.
Mr. Bullard supports keeping our troops in Iraq until we have created a “friendly democracy” and opposes setting a timetable for withdrawal. The question that needs to be asked then is what is a friendly democracy? Democracy implies that the country’s future is in the hands of the people. But the Republican goal for Iraq seems to be the creation of a puppet government that Washington can manipulate. Mr. Rodriguez, however, wants change and he wants it soon. He will vote to remove our military presence from Iraq within his first term and to end the pointless deaths of our soldiers.
This war has cost half a trillion dollars and it is estimated that by its end it could cost American taxpayers one to two trillion dollars! This is an immense amount of money to spend on an unnecessary war. But instead of trying to stop this, Mr. Bullard supports the continued waste of American money. Mr. Rodriguez, on the other hand, wants to end this wastefulness and end the war as quickly as possible.
It has been said that opponents of the Iraq war are unpatriotic. On the contrary Mr. Rodriguez believes that pulling our troops from Iraq is the only patriotic thing to do. The war has depleted our military supply depots and we would be vulnerable if war broke out with another country. But Mr. Bullard has ignored this cost of the Iraq war in his blind support for the Republican Party line. Mr. Rodriguez does not want to see our country weakened and because of this he will vote for a rapid pullout from Iraq.
So what will it be? Will you choose a mindless supporter of the Republican Party? Or will you choose someone who has America’s interests at heart? The man who supports our military, the man who will bring our boys home, the man who will not support broken policy. Mr. Rodriguez has the heart of a giant and a vote for him is a vote for a better America.