Somalia looms too large in my mind for me to give Senator Clinton or Senator Obama the benefit of a doubt. Either one of them will do just enough to lose the war and save their rears.
As of right now, both Senator Clinton and Senator Obama have the political cover to justify losing the war. They can blame the prior administration and claim it was a mess that they inherited and there was nothing they could do.
What do you think would have happened if Senator McCain would have been president when the bodies our our soldiers were dragged through the streets? We know what happened when a Clinton was running things.
Allowing Iraq to turn into a bloody civil war would have consequences far worse then our economy tanking.
True, but Iraq dissolving into a bloodbath does two things: 1) It show GWB was right 2) It makes less ragheads for the US to have to eliminate later when they get a President with the balls to do the job right.
What do you think would have happened if Senator McCain would have been president when the bodies our our soldiers were dragged through the streets? We know what happened when a Clinton was running things.
I also know what happened when the dead burnt bodies of US contractors were hanging from that bridge in Fallujah. Neither GWB nor McCain (who has been way too eager to forgive the Viet Cong) would have the stones to wipe Fallujah off the map. Maybe a true conservative Republican President would. We have no chance of seeing one before 2013, unless McCainiac gets elected because he was smart enough to pick a real conservative as VP, then croaks.
Allowing Iraq to turn into a bloody civil war would have consequences far worse then our economy tanking.
Presuming our servicepersons can get completely out of the way, what consequences are you talking about? Yes, if we do a slow withdrawal ala Vietnam, yes, there will be unnecessary US deaths (the only ones I really give a Shiite about). But if we figure out how to rip out quickly with some covering saturation bombing (something GWB could do between Election Day and 1/20/09), then we just watch towelheads ignite the fireworks they've been hoarding for the past couple of years. Maybe the place gets depopulated enough to be manageable, that's what we should have done back in 2003. But 'compassionate conservatism' doesn't fight wars to win them, it fights wars waiting for Jesus to change the enemy's hearts.
Bomb them all, and let their moon god sort them out.