Great article and analysis. Unfortunately, I think you hit the nail on the head. We won't do what has to be done because of the left's defeatist demands and lack of courage.
"Great article and analysis. Unfortunately, I think you hit the nail on the head. We won't do what has to be done because of the left's defeatist demands and lack of courage."
Thanks. Unfortunately, our current policy looks like "halfway in between" to me. We stopped all development funds (did you know?); we are not going to spend a penny more on building schools, building roads etc. We have failed to get a good government into Iraq utilizing democracy, primarily due to heavy Iranian infiltration and intimidation during the election process.
If we set realistic goals at this point---to just support the current government with enough military strength so they could hold on and after we pulled out---we might achieve it.
But the administration isn't tough-minded enough for this. so they will sit there occupying the country until November 2008. Do you really think our enemies inside Iraq will be unable to concoct a nasty surprise for us in October of 2008? They know about US presidential elections too.