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« "I'm not afraid, I've lost everything in Iraq:" January 11, 2007
Iraq Redux
Posted by Bill I endorse this sentiment: Without hesitation, I can say that this fight is the most intricate and complicated mission our military has ever faced. Our troops are daily engaging in missions that their military training never prepared them for, but they are performing those missions with amazing thought and skill. When you add in the external forces at play, whether they're stateside politics or the mix of enemies on Iraq's doorsteps and operating on its streets, the mission in Iraq becomes a Gordian knot of military, political and humanitarian issues that overlap to the point that failure in any one will precipitate failure in all of them. So far, we're failing in several but not to the point that the situation can't be rescued. The failures are, in my opinion, almost entirely products of Washington politics and decision-making. Washington has yet to make the war in Iraq a truly national effort, and has not yet brought to bear the full range of American resources it will take to give us a chance of success here. Very well put, though I would stress the mild caveat that aspects of some failures might be (but are not necessarily) beyond our control, at least within the time frame demanded by the American public. RTWT. Malkin has also started blogging from Baghdad. Posted by Bill at January 11, 2007 12:11 AM | TrackBack (3) Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: CommentsNO nationaL effort? a TRILLION DOLLARs IS!! Posted by: nick at January 11, 2007 01:52 PM As long as the Democrat leadership continues to Nifong our troops and military leadership to politically injure the president, we will not have the national effort needed to more effectively subdue our adversaries. Their continued resistance is just too valuable to the Democrat leadership and their future electoral prospects. Pelosi, Kennedy and Reid are 'Nifonging' the Iraq War and they need to be called on it. Posted by: willem at January 11, 2007 05:27 PM No, nick. This would be a national effort: http://www.theobjectivestandard.com/issues/2006-winter/no-substitute-for-victory.asp Posted by: Dubya at January 13, 2007 02:19 PM |
