[Rhodes22-list] Political: "Winning" the war in Iraq

[Rob Lowe]

Dave,
I'm in agreement.  The Surge is just another way of saying Stay The Course.

anyone happen to catch the news that the Pentagon can't account for almost
200,000 weapons that were given to the Iraqi security forces since 2003?
The security force training program was headed up by General David Petraeus,
now commander in Iraq.  We blame Iran for helping arm the insurgents (what?
no acquisitions against Saudi Arabia?  who has a vested interest in the
Sunni insurgents) when we are likely to blame.  How's that for ironic, the
American tax payers bought weapons that are being used to kill American
soldiers.

Rummy,
thanks for stirring the pot!

- rob


----- Original Message ----- 
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Political: "Winning" the war in Iraq


>
> Robert,
>
> Regarding The Surge, actually, I think The Surge is on schedule and
> achieving it’s objectives regardless of what the Iraqi parliament does.
>
> Remember, The Surge was dreamed up by the White House, so it needs to be
> judged in a political context.  What The Surge does is stall any US
decision
> regarding Iraq.  We all understand that any decision re The Surge  should
be held
> off until Sept, and then we’ll debate the results for maybe 3  months, to
be
> followed by modifications and improvements that will take at least  6
months
> to implement and another 3 months to assess and debate,  and  then there
will
> be an election, and then - surprise, surprise - it will not be  Mr Bush’s
“
> watch” any more.  At that point it’s up to the next guy to  figure out
what to
> do about Iraq.  If Iraq ends badly, well Mr Bush warned  us, he certainly
wouldn
> ’t have handled things that way, and it’s the next  Presidents fault.  If
> Iraq ends well, all praise to Mr Bush for staying the  course through
those
> difficult times.
>
> You don’t think this has occurred to the White House?
>
> So The Stall is working, it’s on schedule, and it’s achieving its purpose;
> it’s going to get Mr Bush et al off the hook. All they need is one more
minor
> iteration of The Surge and they're home free.  I figure if they  can make
it
> until about next Sept they're free; that's 12 1/2 months, where  easily 3
to 4
> months are tied up with the current Surge.  I think they can  do it.
>
> In the meantime, all those soldiers getting blown up each day can take
> solace in the knowledge that their sacrifice is good for the Republican
National
> Committee and Mr Bush et al's legacy - don’t deal with the problem,
stall.
>
> If this sounds cynical,  just watch it evolve.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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