Overthrow the Bush regime?

Sounds difficult, but many people in the country are kicking the idea around.

In the Revolution (formerly Revolutionary Worker) they ask the question: “Too Radical?”

The answer is no. But it’s not an easy task. If it were, many of us would have already found a way to do it. But a little optimism can’t be all that bad.

R said: “This country now stands before the world and history with a president who condones torture. No wonder the subjects of the new empire in other countries feel they should have had a vote in this election. This is an utterly intolerable situation and one that growing numbers of people are ready to massively repudiate—including thousands if not millions of people who voted for George Bush and are waking up to the ugly reality of what they bought and what it’s wrought.”

I would ad that it will not be enough to just oust Bush. He needs to be put on trial for war crimes and we should push for this if he finishes out his term. We should never let the world forget what this war criminal has done.

R said: “This regime has to be driven from power and it could happen! It is important to recall the millions who were present in the streets with people across the planet to oppose the Iraq war and that just six months ago millions engaged in a groundswell of hopeful political activity to drive Bush from office through voting. But no vision, no coherent alternative to Bush was ever on the electoral playing field.”

Again they get no argument from me. The election was a bitter blow to many of us, but at the same time who really lost it--- The Democratic Party itself, which was unable to dislodge a president who has blundered a foreign conflict, blotched the economy and could barely pronounce words correctly during the debate. The Republicans didn’t win, the Democrats lost.

R said: “The world can’t wait until 2008 to put a halt to this.”

I can’t argue with that. But changing things that soon is extremely difficult. Is it over optimistic? I’d like to believe it isn’t. But he U.S. doesn’t seem to be on the thresh-hold of major change any-time soon. On the other hand, a lot can happen in four short years.