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A leading Republican senator said Sunday the war in Iraq is looking more like the Vietnam conflict from a generation ago. leading in MSM coverage because he sings their tune Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, who received two Purple Hearts and other military honors for his service in Vietnam, reaffirmed his position that the United States needs to develop a strategy to leave Iraq. Eventually, no sh*t. "Stay the course is not a policy," said Hagel, a possible White House contender in 2008. "By any standard, when you analyze 2 1/2 years in Iraq ... we're not winning." By any standard? OK RBers, I can think of 4-5 right now....how many can you think of? Sen. George Allen, R-Va., another possible candidate for the GOP nomination for president in 2008, said the formation of a constitution guaranteeing basic freedoms would provide a rallying point for Iraqis. "The terrorists don't have anything to win the hearts and minds of the people of Iraq. All they care to do is disrupt," said Allen, who appeared with Hagel on ABC's "This Week." Hagel said more U.S. troops is not the solution. "We're past that stage now because now we are locked into a bogged-down problem not unsimilar, dissimilar to where we were in Vietnam," Hagel said. "The longer we stay, the more problems we're going to have." Allen said that unlike the communist-guided North Vietnamese that the U.S. fought, the insurgents in Iraq have no guiding political philosophy or organization. Still, Hagel argued, the similarities are growing. When you see everything through VietNam-Quagmire goggles, what a surprise that your world-view is soooooo wrong. Hagel, like McCain should never be the Republican nominee Posted by: Frank G 2005-08-21 |
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