"George Z. Bush" wrote in message ...
Stephen Harding wrote:
"George Z. Bush" wrote:

Stephen Harding wrote:
Surely you won't deny that being bogged down in Iraq is good for Democratic
Presidential hopes next year especially if the economy keeps moving towards
improvement (another "dang!" from the Dems although not explicitly stated).

Certainly I'll categorically deny that being bogged down in Iraq is good for
any American, candidate or not. Many Americans, lately including members of
the

Then I don't think you're being politically realistic.

While I don't believe our Senators and Representatives *want* more US
casualties to help attain their political goals, the parties most certainly
do make plans based on how certain issues/problems play out. Dems will be
favored if Iraq
is seen as a "quagmire", just as they'll be helped if the economy stays stale.

Republican Party as well as Democrats, are starting to regret that our nation
allowed itself to get involved in this military adventure for non-existent
reasons in the first place. In hindsight, we may someday conclude that we
would have been better off letting the UN handle the mess their way, instead
of going it alone.

In hindsight, when car bombs are exploding along NYC or DC streets on a fairly
regular basis, we'll see the Iraqi effort was cheap compared to having it all
happen at home.

We'll see very clearly the lesson of dropping the ball in Iraq because it
"wasn't worth it" was extremely short sighted.

The terrorists will learn that OBL was right! Americans are paper tigers
without the will to see difficult objectives through to their completion.
Car bombs worked in Lebanon. They worked in Mogadishu. They worked in Iraq.
They'll work anywhere against US interests, and they'll even work in NYC and
LA.

This all won't come to pass the day after we depart Iraq in defeat, but I
believe it will come.

Well, aren't you the latter day Nostradamus! My crystal ball is cloudy and my
cleaning cloth hasn't come back from the cleaners yet, so I think I'll pass on
the predicting-the-future business other than to comment in passing that your
guess is as good as mine, or vice versa.

And your guess would presumably therefore be that if we ticked tail
and skedaddled out of Iraq pronto things would be just peachy?
Otherwise, what are you arguing with here?

Brooks


George Z.


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