Yahoo News reports, "Al-Qaida in Iraq claims it's winning war ".
Well, isn't that a surprise. The party that has sided with the enemy on more than one occasion gets into power, and now the enemy claims it is on the road to victory.
Bush was asked in his press conference after the election if there were parallels between Vietnam and the Iraq Wars. He is far too gracious to tell the truth, so I will tell you what he should have said. He should have said, "Yes. Just as the Media helped North Vietnam win the war, so the Media today is helping the Terrorists win this war with one exception. I, the President, will not resign from my duties as President as Johnson did." Of course time will tell if Bush will be able to follow through and achieve victory.
It seems to me that just as North Vietnam was emboldened by Leftist Americans, just as Osama was emboldened by Clinton's "cut-n-run" policies, so will terrorists be emboldened by Americans desiring to cut-n-run from Bush's policy. I hope and pray one thing. Our policy should not be responsible for another South Vietnam-like slaughter in Iraq. We did that in the first Gulf War. May we not repeat it again.
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this is excactly what I have been trying to explain to people since before the war began. Back then I would tell anyone that would listen that I certainly was no expert but even I knew if we were going to start this thing then we needed to finish it the right way. I didn't know (and still don't)if this war was the absolute best or necesary thing to do at the time when it started, but I did know that the most important work would come after the fighting (or the majority of it)had stopped in the rebuilding process. lets hope that the rebuilding process is allowed to continue until its compleation.It seems so many people are focused on things like" setting a date" for the end of this thing and on stating things like "we need to bring our boys home today" in front of big crowds of people who respond with thunderous applause they never seem to mention whats going to happen to thoose citizens if we abandon them half way through just like they never mention what happend last time . great post.
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