It's a Game
There are many things worth dying for. Now we know what more than 3,000 soldiers and probably more than a few hundreds of thousands Iraqis have died for - a game.
If Petraeus and his staff can provide specific measures of Iraqi military cooperation and progress, good. If the U.S. Embassy sees signs that the Maliki government is getting its act together, better yet. And if members of Congress can confirm these impressions on the ground in Baghdad, then take it to the bank.
If not, then Congress should call on the president to "show some stomach" and tell Maliki that the game is coming to an end.
David Broder is a 'serious' commenter. Atrios is not a 'serious' commenter.
With this kind of analysis, the news is safe from public consideration. I admit to reading the news and editorials every day, looking for the word on what is actually the focus of the government I spend a lot of my salary to support. I also admit that I think my opinion matters, and I can do something about the affairs of state. I've worked on Capitol Hill and I have shaped legislation. Foreign wars as a 'game' hurt me deeply.
Meanwhile, from Novak;
The sense of impending political doom that clutches Republican hearts one week after President Bush presented his new strategy on Iraq to the nation is stoked by the alarming intelligence brought back from Baghdad by Republican Sen. Norm Coleman of Minnesota and passed around Capitol Hill.
In a pre-Christmas visit to Iraq, Coleman and Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida met with Mowaffak al-Rubaie, the Iraqi government's national security adviser. Coleman described their astounding encounter in a Dec. 19 blog entry: Dr. Rubaie "maintains that the major challenge facing Iraq is not a sectarian conflict, but rather al-Qaeda and disgruntled Baathists seeking to regain power. Both Senator Nelson and I react with incredulity to that assessment. Rubaie cautions against more troops in Baghdad."
Iraqi's prime minister is saying that if we just throw them the guns, we can go home. This from the BBC news crawl.
It's more than time enough for our listening to this drivel. No one should die for this 'game', no one should have to spend the rest of his/her life without the use of his/her limbs for this sophistry. And the cretin in chief's using this irrational game to keep from admitting to mistakes, to keep from letting reason pervade and get us out of the mess he's gotten us into, that is a war crime.
On January 27, please demonstrate for peace. Go to http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3436 for information, please.
If Petraeus and his staff can provide specific measures of Iraqi military cooperation and progress, good. If the U.S. Embassy sees signs that the Maliki government is getting its act together, better yet. And if members of Congress can confirm these impressions on the ground in Baghdad, then take it to the bank.
If not, then Congress should call on the president to "show some stomach" and tell Maliki that the game is coming to an end.
David Broder is a 'serious' commenter. Atrios is not a 'serious' commenter.
With this kind of analysis, the news is safe from public consideration. I admit to reading the news and editorials every day, looking for the word on what is actually the focus of the government I spend a lot of my salary to support. I also admit that I think my opinion matters, and I can do something about the affairs of state. I've worked on Capitol Hill and I have shaped legislation. Foreign wars as a 'game' hurt me deeply.
Meanwhile, from Novak;
The sense of impending political doom that clutches Republican hearts one week after President Bush presented his new strategy on Iraq to the nation is stoked by the alarming intelligence brought back from Baghdad by Republican Sen. Norm Coleman of Minnesota and passed around Capitol Hill.
In a pre-Christmas visit to Iraq, Coleman and Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida met with Mowaffak al-Rubaie, the Iraqi government's national security adviser. Coleman described their astounding encounter in a Dec. 19 blog entry: Dr. Rubaie "maintains that the major challenge facing Iraq is not a sectarian conflict, but rather al-Qaeda and disgruntled Baathists seeking to regain power. Both Senator Nelson and I react with incredulity to that assessment. Rubaie cautions against more troops in Baghdad."
Iraqi's prime minister is saying that if we just throw them the guns, we can go home. This from the BBC news crawl.
It's more than time enough for our listening to this drivel. No one should die for this 'game', no one should have to spend the rest of his/her life without the use of his/her limbs for this sophistry. And the cretin in chief's using this irrational game to keep from admitting to mistakes, to keep from letting reason pervade and get us out of the mess he's gotten us into, that is a war crime.
On January 27, please demonstrate for peace. Go to http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3436 for information, please.
Labels: Cut and Run, Foreign Policy, Iraq War
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