Bush passes on responsibility of the war with no end

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... Poked and prodded from persistent legislators, even those supportive of current policy, Petraeus and Crocker were reduced to speaking in bureaucratic euphemisms that allowed them to avoid defining measuring standards such as success, progress or what could pass for stability in Iraq ...

In fact, neither could even hint that the current strategy will lead to even an ill-defined success because the whole situation is “fragile” and could unravel at any time. It’s no wonder that Crocker said he would get back to Congress about the benchmarks that were touted as proof of progress last year by the Bush administration ...

Petraeus also said he wouldn’t advise another surge-like troop increase if the security situation worsens — a wise decision given the civil war for control that already is taking place on the streets of Iraq.

We are an occupier and long ago lost credibility as an honest broker in Iraq. Now American troops are caught in the middle of a civil war that could widen at any time. By any definition, that’s a tragedy.

http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080415/OPINION01/80415008/-1/NEWS10

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