But since Lindsey GrAmnesty (RINO - SC) is (IMHO) supporting the troops and their mission, I'm more inclined to think favorably of him because of this exchange. He says Iran is trying to destabilize the area and kill Americans - um, d'uh!
He's being asked how long the surge should last, and he reminds Tim Russert that the surge has only been going on for TWO WEEKS! Yes, we think it's been longer because of the troop deployments, but the full number of surge troops have only been in place for the past three weeks!
Can we, perhaps, give them three or four months before we start whining that the surge has "failed"? Why don't you go check out the sites Jack Holt mentioned on Saturday, and see first hand, primary source information, and then consider what's really going on.
As Sen. GrAmnesty says, "History will judge us not [for] when we left, but what we left behind. Do we leave a resurgent al-Qaeda that will kill every moderate that helped us? Do we empower Iran? Do they control the southern part of Iraq?"
Besides, Jim Webb: "Lindsey's having a bad day"? "Dog and pony show"?! Snark much, Sen. Webb?
"The President said that by the end of this year all the provinces in Iraq would be under the control of the Iraqis. That's clearly not going to happen." (Oh, pessimistic, much?)
Anyway, watch for yourself...
Look, folks, I'm not saying that the Bush administration didn't screw things up in Iraq. But the Democrats were crying and whining for more troops, more troops, MORE TROOPS! for eons, and finally Bush conceded the point. Can't we now, as I said, allow these extra troops some time to do their jobs?!
Good grief, folks, Bush never said it would be a quick war. This is a war of worldviews - democracy and freedom vs. religious totalitarianism and intolerance - it isn't going to be solved in the next decade, much less the next year!
Islamic terrorism and totalitarianism is a fact - it won't go away. And I don't know about you, but I don't want my grandchildren to have the sole choices of being forced to bow before the Koran, live in servitude, or die by the sword.
We fight this NOW, away from our cities and homes, or we fight it on our own shores later.
Either way, that fight must be fought.
Petraeus has said if he could have anyting else for the deployment, he'd take more time. If he can get it, we will win this war. Keep the surge surgin'.
Posted by: Donald Douglas | July 16, 2007 at 11:30 PM
Ironically I think the president's prediction is true for all time. No matter what every province is under Iraqi control. The key question is which Iraqis.
Posted by: Chuck Young | July 16, 2007 at 11:32 PM
Give it a yr. The boys will be home and Iraq will be lost. It's fate will rest in the hands of radical Islamic suicide maniacs. And the fight will come to our streets within a decade.
WAY to GO Liberals!
Posted by: Raven | July 17, 2007 at 09:50 AM