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On May 7th I read an associated Press release on my Yahoo internet sight. I could not believe what I was reading. I am now sure that we have now, knowingly and willing, entered the Iraqi Civil war squarely on the side of the Shia Majority who have, since our arrival in Iraq, terrorized the Sunni Minority who, during the reign of Saddam, lorded power over the Shia and insured they suffered considerably.

We are now, effectively, allies with the Shia in Iraq in their civil war with the Sunni Muslims.

The title of an article by Bill Moyers, correctly claiming that our government today is far from the government “of the people, by the people, for the people”, that Lincoln envisioned.

The focus of the government that Lincoln imagined was that it exists to serve the common good. Legislators are elected, not appointed, thereby holding them accountable to “the people”.

How did we get here?