Remember how we got into Iraq?

We've been maintaining all along that the Bush war on the Iraqi people is illegal and based on lies. It is a corporate war for not only the Iraqi oil but for billions in no-bid contracts for Cheneyburton, er, Haliburton.

As A. Alexander writes in The Progressive Daily Beacon we must always remember this.

"Regardless of how we got into Iraq," Mister Bush's apologists and supporters say, "we have an obligation now, to stay until the 'job is done'." That is a false argument designed to prevent an honest and rational analysis and debate regarding the war. It is like a father saying to his daughter, "Regardless of how you became pregnant, you are now with child and must marry your rapist."

Of course, George W. Bush and the Republicans would prefer the American people forgive the rapist, so to speak, because it absolves them of any responsibility for the dishonest and deceitful manner in which they led the nation to war. It releases Mister Bush and Cheney of any guilt in the death -- according to scientifically sound analysis -- of some 650,000 Iraqis and 30,000 dead and wounded US military personnel. Mostly, however, the false argument allows the President and Republicans to continue their failed war forever.

Will the American people get the justice they deserve from Congress now controlled by the Democratic Party?

You got to be kidding.

Any talk of impeachment is "off the table," according to comments attributed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Besides, there is not enough time, and unless Dick Cheney is included, nothing will change.

Just remember, folks, that Bush and Cheney started the war based on lies and they continue to lie and will forever lie, because that's all they know.