Post #118

Subject: “The war in Iraq has been won,” Pt. II

Well, I don’t know how to make it any clearer than in my Post #117 – I’ll include the link to that “cheerleading” article I referenced. :p

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22689634-5007146,00.html

I’ve tried short, practical views – my Post #58. I often refer to earlier Posts. I’ve used humor and quotes from others. I’ve responded to columns and TV transcripts. I’ve asked questions and have devoted whole Posts to questions – my Post #111, for example. But, still, all I hear is “let’s kick in a few more Baghdad doors.”

That attitude – “let’s kick in a few more Baghdad doors” – is a drain on and a diversion from the War on Terror. It is irrelevant, how we are doing in Iraq. Even if we whack every mole and turn Iraq into the 51st state, will that calm Osama? Of course not.

Simply, it’s time -- and has been for a while – to “run, run, run away, live to fight another day.”

Let’s say our military was at a Level 5 last summer when I started this blog. Now, we are weaker, our ability to respond to other threats is at Level 4. Let’s also say the world is a dangerous place, Level 5 last summer. Now, it’s Level 6 – indeed, Turkish troop have crossed the border of northern Iraq, Israel has committed an act of war against Syria. Does it make sense to continue to squander our military resources – blood and treasure –as the world becomes more and more dangerous?

Now, as we know from the book Dead Certain, the goal of George W. Bush is really to buy time so that the Republican Presidential candidates can be comfortable supporting the surge and a much longer military presence in the Middle East. And that is fighting terrorism how?

Oh, well, when you are making out your Christmas card list this year, please include the following:

A Recovering American Soldier
c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20307-5001