Editorial Letter from Poppa

Age of Irony and Hypocrisy

We are truly living in an age of irony and hypocrisy. Osama bin Laden, a professed devout Muslim, was responsible for the deaths of innocent people on 9/11. The Koran does not sanction the killing of innocent people. He did this to punish the United States and to discredit the president. However, his actions made Bush a hero and allowed him to be re-elected.

Then Bush, who is a professed born-again Christian and a devout follower of the Prince of Peace, returned bin Laden’s favor by embroiling us in a senseless struggle in Iraq. This has allowed al-Qaida and other terrorist splinter groups to become more sophisticated in their weaponry.

A president who was once a hero with a high approval rating is now seen as an incompetent president and his ratings are the lowest of any president. This is a president who is opposed to abortion and embryonic stem cell research because life is sacred, and yet his actions have made him responsible for the deaths and injuries of thousands of our military people and the deaths of countless thousands of Iraqi people.

His support comes primarily from right wing conservatives, who oppose government spending, but this war is costing billions of dollars and there are billions for which there is no accounting. Do you see the irony?

Glenn Felix
Bridgewater