It smacks of moderate fundamentalism. Split the difference between opposing sides.
I think the war in Iraq has been an overwhelming success. Many common naysayers predicted that more than 10,000 US troops would be killed in first six months (Carl Levin).
Bush was quite right to stand on the aircraft carrier and declare Mission Accomplished. By that time, all of the military components of Iraq's resistance had been crushed and defeted. The "insurgency" never won a battle or held any location of Iraq decisively. The media deceived the public into believing that even a single soldier death constituted an apparent defeat of the US.
Senator Biden said the US could not train an Iraqi security force to take care of elections in that country. Immediately, three elections were held involving more than 8 million people each time with fatalities declining dramatically (more than 30 percent) each time. The security forces of Iraq played decisive and increasing roles in those 2005 elections. Biden was flat out totally wrong! He was among the most qualified critics of the war in the Senate.
Al Qaeda has functionally withdrawn from Iraq. Zarqawi has been removed from local terror operations. Tips against Al Qaeda and other terrorists in the country pour in at a rate of thousands each day.
Political transitions deemed impossible have been made and are too numerous to list here.
No compromise. Stop trying to split the difference with lunatics.
Bush led and won the war in Iraq decisively. We have an occupation force now positioned in one of the most geostratetic points possible for the ongoing War on Terror. Both in Afghanistan and Iraq, we have proven that we are winning and will continue to crush the terrorists.
Well said. :)
We are fighting for freedom in Iraq. I know we are winning.