[monday]

"send the clear message to the few people in Iraq that are trying to stop the march toward democracy that they cannot stop elections."

I don't understand why he thinks elections will make a significant difference. The terrorists will still be bombing, the militias will still be fighting.

Hopefully Bush will use the elections as an excuse to pull out of Iraq, but does anyone really believe that the elections will have any other significance?

[mjaneangels@aolcom]

In post 34 you said: "The war has been won. What we are doing now is more like babysitting than fighting a battle for survival like WWII was."

Then in post 35 you said: "The terrorists will still be bombing, the militias will still be fighting."

You are suggesting that terrorists bombing and terrorists (militants) fighting is equal to babysitting.

By the way, this is the war on Terrorism. Until terrorism is defeated the war is not over.

[blaquebyrd]

"I don't understand why he thinks elections will make a significant difference. The terrorists will still be bombing, the militias will still be fighting.

We went through the same wishful thinking when we "negotiated" with Al Sadr. We thought once he laid down his arms the violence would subside. It didn't. Then when Bremer handed the keys to Allawi in the middle of the night we expected the violence to subside. It didn't. Now we're hanging our hat on the January election thinking that once the Iraqis vote the terrorist will just walk away. We need to wake up and understand that these terrorists will continue to fight as long as we have boots on the ground in their country. The election won't make a difference.