He is one of a long list of people who ought to be, along with Jacques Chirac, forced to go to the first location where the 101st Airborne finds a vat of Hussein's chemicals in a vat in a basement, and have his nose shoved down in the fumes. Then he can say, with Chirac, "Vraiment, je suis un idiot" ("Truly, I am an idiot.")
This precise subject is the theme of my latest column on UPI, first link below.
Congressman Billybob
Latest column, now up on UPI, and FR, "Truth, the First Casualty?"
Whether he is stupid or ignorant is not relevant. He is correct in one regard: Bush has made a miserable job of mobilizing public opinion and advanced strategic planning.
As a legal scholar you must surely understand the significance of the term "capitulation". It has a specific military meaning and is essentially a contract between two opposing armies.
Hussein and the Iraqi Army have repeatedly violated the terms of the capitulation signed after Gulf War I and thus there exists a state of armed conflict between the Armies of the West and Iraq.
No further debate or discussion is needed or required.
Have you heard anyone in the White House use this term or even acknowledge they know it exists?
Then we come to the Tommy Franks problem. Stormin Norman Schwartzkopf he ain't.
I hope it is true Divine Intervention occurs on behalf of small children, sailors and fools because we could be in for a bumpy ride.
The more the usual suspects on the left gear up for obstruction the more complicated the outcome will be.
This war should have been over by now, in my humble opinion.
Best regards,