Re: If you still think we can win in Iraq..

Which Democrats are you referring to, Jay? That definition sure doesn't apply to this one. I never believed Saddam had WMD, never thought we should have been in Iraq, believed it was all about oil and still believe the same.

I agree that we don't understand the kind of violence endemic in that part of the world and weren't ready to deal with it. They've been fighting there for thousands of years. They aren't going to stop because we say so.

All I've been able to do since this thing started is shake my head and ask if the government had any idea what they were getting us into. I sincerely doubt it. I have to wonder how many of our elected officials' sons and daughters have lost their lives in this debacle.

Anne


Jay Vance wrote:
Carol and I have been talking about the war and our feelings about it.
I think we went into the war with honest intentions (all the Democrats
who have blasted Bush over the WMD issue were the very same ones who
themselves said publicly that they believed Saddam had them and should
be stopped). I believe the big miscalculation was the level of
sectarian violence that is endemic to that part of the country. We
just don't understand it. And that, by the way, is the focus of Will's
column, the fact that the sectarian violence has derailed our hopes of
"winning" this war in the sense of accomplishing a lasting peace. Will
is not commenting on the justness of the war, rather the lack of candor
on the part of the administration regarding how the internicine
fighting has affected what we had hoped to accomplish there. Nor is
Will suggesting we summarily pull out of Iraq; regardless of why we
went there in the first place, and regardless of the miscalculations
since then, we can't just pull up our tents and go home. Having said
that, I do believe we have to face the fact that we are not going to
"win" this war like we won World War II or Desert Storm. I believe the
best we can do is effect an orderly withdrawal and let the Iraqis
decide their own destiny.

Jay


Gisele wrote:
Check out George F. Will's column in the November 6 issue of Newsweek.
This guy is as conservative as they come. Bush and Cheney's ears
should be bursting into flames right about now.

Gisele


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