06/05: Good News, Bad News for George Bush & America
Category: US in Iraq.archive.iii
Posted by: A Waco Farmer
Watching Fox News Sunday this morning:
Chis Dodd: The American people are so far ahead of Washington on this issue. They want a change in policy, a change in direction (full transcript here).
Dodd is only half right. Not to belabor an old point, but there is no polling data that indicates that a majority of Americans want to lose the Battle for Iraq.
Here is what America really wants:
Substitute "progress" for change and insert "right" before direction, and I think you have it.
Americans desperately want progress in the right direction.
Americans want peace, freedom, and prosperity for Iraq and its citizenry.
Much more importantly, Americans want to stop thinking about Iraq. Americans want a cessation to the killing of American servicemen in Iraq.
But, to repeat, we the people are not actually calling for surrender, regional chaos, and Iranian hegemony, all of which would likely follow our retreat out of the Middle East.
An Aside: The Democrats in Washington and on the far left are united in their rhetoric that we must leave Iraq. President Bush and his supporters remain steadfast in their mantra that we must win the Battle of Iraq.
An Obvious Compromise Solution: win and leave.
Embedded in the hearts and minds of most Americans, at least on some level, is the realization that they we must mete out a defeat to the forces of Islamism in Iraq. If Islamic holy war against the West emerges victorious in this theater, American interests suffer a debilitating blow. American defeat will bring disastrous consequences.
The Democrats are playing a dangerous and destructive political game building their future on American failure in Iraq.
The Good News for George Bush, the Republican Party and the United States of America: all the President needs to do to save us all is win. Winning has always been the key; it still is. A win in Iraq saves the Bush legacy, the Republican Party, and America.
The Bad News: The President has known this equation for four years, and we are where we are.
Chis Dodd: The American people are so far ahead of Washington on this issue. They want a change in policy, a change in direction (full transcript here).
Dodd is only half right. Not to belabor an old point, but there is no polling data that indicates that a majority of Americans want to lose the Battle for Iraq.
Here is what America really wants:
Substitute "progress" for change and insert "right" before direction, and I think you have it.
Americans desperately want progress in the right direction.
Americans want peace, freedom, and prosperity for Iraq and its citizenry.
Much more importantly, Americans want to stop thinking about Iraq. Americans want a cessation to the killing of American servicemen in Iraq.
But, to repeat, we the people are not actually calling for surrender, regional chaos, and Iranian hegemony, all of which would likely follow our retreat out of the Middle East.
An Aside: The Democrats in Washington and on the far left are united in their rhetoric that we must leave Iraq. President Bush and his supporters remain steadfast in their mantra that we must win the Battle of Iraq.
An Obvious Compromise Solution: win and leave.
Embedded in the hearts and minds of most Americans, at least on some level, is the realization that they we must mete out a defeat to the forces of Islamism in Iraq. If Islamic holy war against the West emerges victorious in this theater, American interests suffer a debilitating blow. American defeat will bring disastrous consequences.
The Democrats are playing a dangerous and destructive political game building their future on American failure in Iraq.
The Good News for George Bush, the Republican Party and the United States of America: all the President needs to do to save us all is win. Winning has always been the key; it still is. A win in Iraq saves the Bush legacy, the Republican Party, and America.
The Bad News: The President has known this equation for four years, and we are where we are.
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