Iraq is a terrible quagmire.
No, it's not. It's a relatively ineffective and small band of Baathist and Islamist extremists playing out a political/military/psychological strategy designed to convince idiots, alarmists and Democratic presidential candidates (sorry for the redundancy) that this is some kind of Vietnam II.
Despite the Bush rhetoric, I have heard rumblings that the White House is already starting to draw up a withdrawl [sic] strategy.
So, the White House has a strategy for adopting a southern accent? ;-)
Seriously, are you saying we should plan on staying there forever or that we shouldn't plan at all? The general strategy for withdrawal is the same as it's always been - 1) establish a stable Iraqi government capable of maintaining Iraq as a nation of laws, fairly and consistently enforced, and based on basic principles of freedom and human rights; and 2) leave. The tactical details change, as they should, to adapt to events and conditions or simply to reflect political realities that are nothing new. For example, they are now more aggressively rebuilding Iraqi security forces in order to reduce the visibility of coalition forces, which are view by some with hostility (or simply apprehension) as "occupying" forces, but more importantly because such forces have always been necessary for the eventual transition to sovereign status and a stable Iraqi government.
The economy grew fast last quarter bouyed by 500 billion in deficit spending and millions of laid off workers.
The economy was "bouyed by... millions of laid off workers"? Never mind that there weren't "millions of laid off workers" last quarter - that statement is self-contradicting and just plain ignorant.
The stock market and real estate markets are doing well but are both bubbles.
Yeah, keep telling yourself that. Oh, and let me know when you're bullish again so I can sell everything. |
