[Rhodes22-list] Politics: How's It Going?

[DCLewis1 at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/4/2006 1:12:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
flybrad at yahoo.com writes:

http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attch/200606/04/Infidel01.bin



Brad,
 
Regarding your comment “welcome to the long war” - you may be right.   Dim 
leadership can go a long way towards creating an intractable situation, and  
that certainly typifies the Iraq situation.  But no one does the US, and  
especially the troops who directly bear the burden, a favor by putting them, or  
keeping them,  in an intractable  loosing  situation.  If  you don't have a 
credible win plan and time table, that grunt on the ground  taking fire is in a 
loosing situation - it's just a matter of time until he  becomes a statistic.
 
Murtha's point is that there is, and has been, no credible win plan  and time 
table.
 
Declare victory and bring the troops home.  Saddam's gone, we have  satisfied 
ourselves that there are no WMD, mission accomplished.  Turn Iraq  back to 
the Iraqi's and climb out of that cesspool.
 
If Bush doesn't do it, I'd bet his successor has us out of there in 2  years. 
 Just watch.
 
Dave