Norman Podhoretz goes blue in the face re-re-reitereating why this war is not "George Bush's War". But at this point, you gotta believe no one is listening.
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Read the editorial in The Boston Globe today (November 17,2006)
I feel it gives a excellent counterpoint to the skewered facts presented here
Anonymous,
Thank you for pointing out this article (Boston Globe, Second thoughts on Iraq, 11/17/05). Here is what I believe to be contentious:
“..Democrats shared his belief that Iraq possessed these weapons. …but they were basing their assessment on intelligence filtered through the administration's bias…”
I, too, have wondered about this. Of coarse we wanted was based on the intelligence. But what if the intelligence was skewed by the administration? The answer is that several independent/bipartisan commissions refuted the claim that the intelligence was “filtered” by the administration. “These critics are fully aware that a bipartisan Senate investigation found no evidence of political pressure to change the intelligence community's judgments related to Iraq's weapons programs… They also know that intelligence agencies from around the world agreed with our assessment of Saddam Hussein. They know the United Nations passed more than a dozen resolutions citing his development and possession of weapons of mass destruction.” –President Bush, 11/15/05
“The Democrats in Congress were practical politicians…”
And they are still today. This is disturbing. You don’t vote for war for political reasons, and you don’t surrender a war for political reasons. We went to war, and we must finish the war.
“It's no surprise that the president's popularity is plunging. Americans, as they showed in the Korean and Vietnam wars, do not appreciate military stalemate.”
You know why it’s a “stalemate”? Because the Democrats are calling it one in order to gain control of congress. Politics as usual... I don't believe it's a stalemate. It’s far from a stalemate. From murderous dictator to elected officials and a constitution in 2 ½ years is historically fast. But if you call it a stalemate long enough, people will believe you. Our troops will come home when we can leave without fear that Iraq will fall back into the threat that it posed when the US congress voted to go to war.
Let's work together to bring freedom and safely to Iraq. There is plenty to discuss here at home. Fighting about the war only emboldens the enemy, and sends mixes messages to other potential foes.
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