William F. Buckley: Iraq war is lost; GOP nearly dead. (UPDATED) is a Daily Kos diary by chumley who picks out the salient points of a National Review article, “
The Waning of the GOP,” by Buckley:
The political problem of the Bush administration is grave, possibly beyond the point of rescue. The opinion polls are savagely decisive on the Iraq question.
It is simply untrue that we are making decisive progress in Iraq.
How can the Republican party, headed by a president determined on a war he can’t see an end to, attract the support of a majority of the voters?
There are grounds for wondering whether the Republican party will survive this dilemma.
General Petraeus is a wonderfully commanding figure. But if the enemy is in the nature of a disease, he cannot win against it.
Damning!
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BRODER: Well, there are a whole variety of them. The Democrats have -- are being pushed by the anti-war wing of their party, which gets stronger, probably, every day.
The president is -- still has the backing of most Republicans, who say that they support his effort to try to salvage something that would look like a victory in Iraq -- whether that's achievable is really doubtful.<...>
BRODER:
Well, I think public opinion in this country says the Democrats are right. When Gen. Patraeus was here in Washington this past week, he was making the case that they are still something that is worthwhile doing in Iraq. And he has more troops still coming in the next two months to try to achieve something that would look like progress, at least in Baghdad and Anbar Province.
He probably has until August or September to produce something that would be tangible. If he can do it, that would be wonderful, but I think the odds are against him. more
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