Posted on 06/27/2008 5:06:51 AM PDT by SJackson
The Democrats now find themselves in a thoroughly uncomfortable dilemma over Iraq.
Back in the early days of the American invasion, when things were going relatively badly, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced the war was "lost" and America's only recourse was to pull out. (This, of course, would have been an absolute political disaster for the Bush administration, as Mr. Reid no doubt knew and hoped.) In the subsequent months and years, when things there have gone substantially better, Mr. Reid has never retracted his highly premature conclusion but it is safe to say it is now "inoperative."
According to such sources as the New York Times, which can hardly be described as having been a cheerleader for the attack, the al Qaeda forces in Iraq are now thoroughly on the defensive, and Nouri al-Maliki's government is strengthening its grip on the country. It seems likely that George W. Bush will achieve his goal of stepping down as president with the Iraq problem well on its way to a solution.
That leaves the Democrats in a bit of a pickle. What, exactly, is their current policy on Iraq? It would be out of the question to insist, in the teeth of the good news from Iraq, that the United States should adopt the former Democratic policy and simply bug out. And, in purely political terms, it would be equally difficult for the Democrats to admit they were wrong, reverse their position and endorse the administration policy.
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I know several US troops who came back after 15 - 18 months in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and they were shocked at the negative reports they heard on the news. Almost all of them said something to the effect of: "That must be a different war than we were in the past few months".
What gets me about this is that the democrats are more than willing to let thousands of innocent Iraqis die if it gives their party a political talking point.
“Dilemma with Iraq... dilemma with drilling... dilemma with nuclear power... dilemma with refineries... dilemma with coal...”
Democrats = the can’t do party
Obambi’s campaign slogan is really...no we can’t
Ditto, Arrowhead.
Perfect. I can’t even stand to look at the creep. How dare this liar bloviate, pontificate, and imitate. He’s not even an empty suit, he’s a wolf in Kennedy’s clothing.
Yes, it certainly does.
It's fun to watch the Dems twist and grimace over what to do about this darn Iraq success.
It isn't likely, however, that the screaming netroots are going to lie down for that one. They want their withdrawal as a public repudiation of Bush and an affirmation that they were right about the war all along, no matter what it ends up costing. Hussein needs their passion and their connections (not to mention their money) and so the broad-minded statesman pose, although clearly the better option, may not be possible.
In point of fact, however, it's the one he's going to be stuck with should he get elected, because by then anything but the steady withdrawal that is actually the status quo is going to set him up for the blame for anything negative to come out of it at all. The MSM can only cover for him so much. If I were he I'd risk the nonpartisan pose, but I'm not and he won't. IMHO.
I hadn’t really thought about it, but assume that Chessani & Wuterich get appealed for such a long time that the US decides its time in Iraq is over.
What impact would a US end to its major presence in Iraq have on the Haditha case?
Would it no longer be relevant due to decreased need to impress our Iraqi “friends” with how “just” we are in dealing with our own troops?
I gotta big dilemma; bout my big legged Emma
and I shore don't know what to do????
Grab her by the ankles...
Damn I hate that chin up in the air, philosophical looker POS.
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