Posted on 01/28/2007 8:33:08 AM PST by shrinkermd
...Those who call for an "end to the war" don't want to talk about the fact that the war in Iraq and in the region will not end but will only grow more dangerous. Do they recommend that we then do nothing, regardless of the consequences?
Of course, most of the discussion of Iraq isn't about Iraq at all. The war has become a political abstraction, a means of positioning oneself at home.
To the extent that people think about Iraq, many seem to believe it is a problem that can be made to go away. Once American forces depart, Iraq will no longer be our problem. Joseph Biden, one of the smartest foreign policy hands in the Senate, recently accused President Bush of sending more troops so that he could pass the Iraq war on to his successor...
This is a delusion, but it is by no means only a Democratic delusion. Many conservatives and Republicans, including erstwhile supporters of the war, have thrown up their hands in anger at the Iraqi people or the Iraqi government. They, too, seem to believe that if American troops leave, because Iraqis don't "deserve" our help, then somehow the whole mess will solve itself or simply fade away. Talk about a fantasy. The fact is, the United States cannot escape the Iraq crisis, and will not be able to escape it for years. And if Iraq does collapse, it will not be the end of our problems but the beginning of a new and much bigger set of problems.
I would think that anyone wanting to be president in January 2009 would be hoping and praying that the troop increase works. The United States will be dealing with Iraq one way or another in 2009...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Oh, gimme a break!!
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The Dems don't have the slightest idea how to end the war. They want to pressure Bush to pull out so they can blame the ensuing disaster in the Persian Gulf on him, too.
Excellent editorial. Common sense that both sides of "the isle" should listen to. Facts that everybody knows, but no one wants to admit.
This is a delusion, but it is by no means only a Democratic delusion. Many conservatives and Republicans, including erstwhile supporters of the war, have thrown up their hands in anger at the Iraqi people or the Iraqi government. They, too, seem to believe that if American troops leave, because Iraqis don't "deserve" our help, then somehow the whole mess will solve itself or simply fade away. Talk about a fantasy. The fact is, the United States cannot escape the Iraq crisis, and will not be able to escape it for years. And if Iraq does collapse, it will not be the end of our problems but the beginning of a new and much bigger set of problems.
I would think that anyone wanting to be president in January 2009 would be hoping and praying that the troop increase works. The United States will be dealing with Iraq one way or another in 2009...
I sure don't want to take the chance of them coming over here and just slitting all of our throats; but that seems to be what the anti-crowd war wants. I mean when you have a person like Jane Fonda who was actively involved in our people getting bad punishment for her actions. What can one think?
Sadly democrats would be allowed to win in Iraq, or at least be allowed to claim a perceived victory. Republicans on the other hand will never be permitted to claim victory.
For the sake of argument. If the democrats managed to take total control of government, they would need to win the war. The simple fact is that they don't want to lose the war themselves, they want the republicans to lose it.
Also, there's the fact that conservatives will rightly continue to support our troops and the war even under a democrat government. The democrat base on the other hand will simply switch sides of the issue to continue blindly supporting their party.
The whole thing is a disgusting series of catch 22s that are about a lust for political power as opposed to doing the right thing.
Same thing they did after we learned of the killing fields of Cambodia. Deny it till it's unavoidable and then say it was our fault for upsetting them in the first place.
I have seen Biden up close and in person. He is not the brightest guy on Capitol Hill, but he is one of the most petty and vindictive in the Senate.
Aren't the anti-war protestors going to be the first to volunteer to show the courage of their convictions by being the first to have their throats slit?
Do they expect that everybody else should pay the price for their gullibility?
Take Jane Fonda for example...
Wow but guess what they won't be dealing with an emboldened Saddam Hussein gaming the oil for food and plotting suicide attacks in the U.S.... How bout them apples.
Bidens hair plugs missed the mark by about 3 feet. :-)
Oh, please! How often does this boob meet with foreign leaders, visit their countries and actually has a hand in fomenting policy??
No thanks.
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you're being polite today...oh gimme a #@!%$%^ing break is what i said
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