Posted on 01/28/2008 1:23:55 PM PST by rocksblues
Be Our Guest
'War is just like boxing," said Gen. George Patton. "When you get your opponent on the ropes, you must keep punching the hell out of him and not let him recover."
Today in Iraq, the enemy is on the ropes. Our Air Force has pummeled Al Qaeda with 40,000 pounds of bombs. Soldiers and Marines have reduced northern Al Qaeda safe havens to rubble. Contractors are delivering tons of supplies and securing our diplomats. One-time insurgent strongholds are returning to peace.
One would expect aspiring political leaders not only to laud our troops for their great work - which all of them go through the motions of doing - but also to admit that a total pullout on a predetermined schedule might be just a tad premature.
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Rather than cling to their pessimism with every fiber of their being, a clear-eyed potential commander in chief would admit that conditions have never looked so promising in Iraq.
Yes, there are the big official benchmarks, like abating violence and the Iraqi parliament's passage of a bill easing restrictions on former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party. While not perfect, it's an undeniable step in the right direction.
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Obama gleefully proclaims that he was against the war from the beginning!!!!! Heaven help us if he is our next president...
No worry. If the dems win and Iraq goes well, they will have been FOR the war all along.
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