I read a brief piece today about disagreement between Bush and the unanimous joint chiefs over sending more troops. They don't feel he has a plan for what they would do there. The chiefs feel it would simply intensify anti-American groups while Shia militias melted away until the extra US troops left. Then they simply come back in greater force and we are right back where we started from.
Bush's problem plain and simple is that he can't admit the colossal mistake he's made. At least he's stopped talking about victory in Iraq. And to think he might still be worried about his legacy... He's already established his legacy as the worst foreign policy president in the history of the United States.
I don't know what the answer is at this point. I'm not necessarily for time tables on withdrawal. But there's no point in "staying the course" because there is no course other than "let's drive around, stop any bad guys we run into, and try not to hit an IED today." Brilliant!
This is a fine mess you've gotten us into, Bushy!
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Ken you're a nerd...
And nerd never looked so good ;-)
Professor Schenck- No problem with what you are saying, we could debate it endlessly, my only question would be, how many of the front line bloggers have you read? Respect you and what you put out with regard to the arena of blogs, certainly Scot over at Jesuscreed likes you, and I can see why, I like reading your comments on the Bible. We probably don't agree all along, but, that's good, if all we do is agree, one of us isn't necessary.
Please consider using titles and respectful names when chopping away at the leaders of our nation. That's my only request, not interested in controlling your right to express, or anything else, just thinking about who you are, your work, which is incredible, and the impression that some terms make.
Ken,
I've started reading some of Glen Stassen's work on just peacemaking after I heard him speak at AAR. I enjoyed his take on the Iraq matter which causes us to ask how we got in the war in order to understand how we might get out. Stassen's conclusion is that we got in by acting unilaterally and as long as we continue on that path, we will continue to squirm like fish out of water. Perhaps the problem with any of the options that Bush seems to be pursuing is that it is predicated on American power and dominance. If we can disarm our tendency to set up an American Empire, then perhaps we can find a way out of this mess by the grace of God.
Hi Kevin, Ken and others: Kevin again the question comes back to me about immediate front line stuff- this war is being blogged as never before, and I just wonder if what we are getting behind isn't a filtered process rather than the front line fact? Happy New Years Everybody!
Ken,
I don't know if you have seen the TV program 24, but one thing struck me as really possible in season 5.
What if some powerful businessmen decided to make deals with some terrorist with the whole purpose of inspiring us to build up our military and wage war in the middle east in order to secure oil for the next generation?
Who knows, President Bush (whom you refer to disrespectfully as Bushy) may not be the one pulling all the strings here.
John
It's a play on the old line, "This is a fine mess you've gotten us into, Ollie."
John Crowe:
See "The War Within" (DVD, 2005)
... about business interests and the American military.
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