Re: Peggy Noonan, WSJ: "Get It Done"
Morty wrote:
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110010448
A fairly well balanced analysis from Ms. Noonan. I get the impression that she is not enthralled with King George.
Most Democrats and independents and an ever growing number of Republicans, even those who were against the war before Bush invaded Iraq, would not be clamoring for us to withdraw from Iraq if it wasn't for the lies told to get us in there followed by the bungling of the war that has put us in an untenable position there. We are now fighting this mess for longer than we were in World War II.
The real question now is whether or not we can salvage the political mess that has developed there as a result of the incompetence of King George, et. al. Even General Petraeus has said that a military solution alone is not possible. While the "surge" and Gen. Petraeus' tactics have had a positive effect in the battle, the political situation has deteriorated.
Peggy Noonan is correct. No matter what Gen. Petraeus reports in September, Bush et. al. will say it shows that the "surge" is working and we have to give it more time. Bush has already started making statements that he will not withdraw regardless of what Gen. Petraeus reports, insisting that doing so would mean a defeat for us and a disaster for our future, not to mention the chaos, bloodbath and safe haven for al Qaida left behind. Many on the fence will buy into that.
Those firmly against the war will say that this is nothing more than another delaying tactic. How many times have we heard that we will know in 6 months or after the Iraqi first and second elections, or after the Constitution is approved, after we capture Saddam, etc. etc.? And they will support their argument with not only the lack of but the actual deterioration of the political situation.
The truth is on both sides. In other words, there is no satisfactory solution, only one (the disaster outlined by President Bush) or another (the ongoing destruction of Iraq, Iraqi deaths, the creation of more US enemies, US deaths, and 2 billion dollars ($2,000,000,000) each week for an indeterminate length of time and eventually the disaster predicted by President Bush).
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110010448
Wall Street JournalPeggy Noonan
'Get It Done'
Gen. Petraeus is a man of "straightforward decisiveness" who values "action with results."
Friday, August 10, 2007 12:01 a.m. EDT
A fairly well balanced analysis from Ms. Noonan. I get the impression that she is not enthralled with King George.
Most Democrats and independents and an ever growing number of Republicans, even those who were against the war before Bush invaded Iraq, would not be clamoring for us to withdraw from Iraq if it wasn't for the lies told to get us in there followed by the bungling of the war that has put us in an untenable position there. We are now fighting this mess for longer than we were in World War II.
The real question now is whether or not we can salvage the political mess that has developed there as a result of the incompetence of King George, et. al. Even General Petraeus has said that a military solution alone is not possible. While the "surge" and Gen. Petraeus' tactics have had a positive effect in the battle, the political situation has deteriorated.
- "Seventeen ministers have walked out of the Government, tendered their resignation or withdrawn from Cabinet meetings in recent weeks, frustrating efforts by al-Maliki to make demonstrable progress in reconciling Iraq’s sectarian divisions in time for the US report in mid-September." http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article2217932.ece
Peggy Noonan is correct. No matter what Gen. Petraeus reports in September, Bush et. al. will say it shows that the "surge" is working and we have to give it more time. Bush has already started making statements that he will not withdraw regardless of what Gen. Petraeus reports, insisting that doing so would mean a defeat for us and a disaster for our future, not to mention the chaos, bloodbath and safe haven for al Qaida left behind. Many on the fence will buy into that.
Those firmly against the war will say that this is nothing more than another delaying tactic. How many times have we heard that we will know in 6 months or after the Iraqi first and second elections, or after the Constitution is approved, after we capture Saddam, etc. etc.? And they will support their argument with not only the lack of but the actual deterioration of the political situation.
The truth is on both sides. In other words, there is no satisfactory solution, only one (the disaster outlined by President Bush) or another (the ongoing destruction of Iraq, Iraqi deaths, the creation of more US enemies, US deaths, and 2 billion dollars ($2,000,000,000) each week for an indeterminate length of time and eventually the disaster predicted by President Bush).
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Michael
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