Ed, the only bankrupt notion being portrayed here is from your fingers hitting the keyboard. :-)
After re-reading your previous post, I'm still left wondering what concrete method you ascribe to, which would accomplish your goals? It appears you seem to believe elected officials should be professional and knowledgeable enough to agree with your premises, but leave no room for when they disagree.
The notion that the American people were lied to is a species one. And to believe all facts will be known regarding an enemies strenghts or weaknesses going into a conflict is a rally silly one. So in effect, the side which lost the debate and never wanted to engage in the conflict, could always make that claim couldn't they Ed? We were lied to! We were told the enenmy only had 300 tanks not 500! We were lied to, we were told the enemy was going to roll over and play dead! We were lied to, intelligence agencies said they couldn't launch any aircraft against our ships! Puleeze, if the "we were lied to" mantra is all the opposition has left in them, that must mean the war is coming to a close.
However, there is one last theme underlying your posts, which I need to address prior to moving on. That's the one which assumes a level of ignorance by the American electorate. During the recently concluded Presidential election campaign, the issue of WMD were discussed and debated at great length, the issue of cost was discussed and debated at great length, the issue of Sunni, Shia and Kurdish commitment was discussed and debated at great length. And NO candidate leading either political party took the position of immediate removal of our forces from Iraq.
It's illustrative to remember the few candidates on both sides who took that position lost in the first few rounds of the Presidential primaries and were never serious contenders. So, despite your fuzzy foreign policy notions, the American people are solidly behind the effort to complete our mission in Iraq. |
