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Will Vietnam Cost the Democrats the White House -- Again?
 A year after the American troop surge in Iraq began, its success is clear, even to Newsweek, the Washington Post, and Rep. John Murtha. As Wesley Morgan details in the current issue of National Review, violence is way down, American troop levels are decreasing, tribal leaders are casting their lot with America, and a tattered al-Qaeda is on the run. Yet most leading Democrats sound like they havent heard the news.On the anniversary of the surge, Harry Reid wrote that as President Bush continues to cling stubbornly to his flawed strategy, Al Qaeda only grows stronger. After Bushs State of the Union Address last week, Hillary Clinton said, President Bush is not satisfied with failure after failure in Iraq; he wants to bind the next president to his failed strategy . . ., while Barack Obamas assessment was: Tonight we heard President Bush say that the surge in Iraq is working, when we know thats just not true. During Thursday nights debate at the Kodak theater, conservative radio host Michael Graham asked in frustration, Do these two U.S. senators have any idea whats actually happening in Iraq? Are they simply clueless? Maybe, though you have to suspect that they do actually know the surge is working. Unpatriotic? Call it what you will; theres nothing like amplifying every failure and minimizing every success to show the troops in the field which side youre rooting for. But as the French say, Its worse than a crime; its a blunder. Insisting that America is losing in Iraq is not only wrong factually and morally; its poor strategy. Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2008-02-04 |
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