The Republicans Lost Iraq

[NNN0LHI]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20061203/cm_huffpost/035432

Saying the Republican Party is responsible for losing the war in Iraq sounds overly partisan. Under normal circumstances, I'd be a lot more worried about how we are going to salvage Iraq, then which political party should be blamed. But these are not normal circumstances.

First, Iraq is irreversibly lost - so there will be no salvaging it. Victory is a long lost goal. In fact, at this point, the problem is much deeper than that. If you read my articles on Iraq over the last three years, I have consistently made an effort to offer constructive solutions all along. But now there are no more solutions.

As Fareed Zakaria pointed out in his last column in Newsweek, there were two consecutive days in Baghdad recently where we protected the Mahdi Army one day and fought them the next. We are alternately protecting and fighting the Shiites and the Sunnis. We are clearly caught in the middle of a chaotic civil war. It is impossible to "win" in this situation.

Furthermore, training the Iraqi army is a complete waste of time. Everyone on the ground knows that they are not going to stay together and magically enforce a democracy in Iraq after we leave. All we're doing is training one or more sides in an internal fight. In a best case scenario, we're wasting our time. In a worst case scenario, we are training people to kill each other better.

[randome]

1. I agree.

These are not normal circumstances.

We need to rid ourselves of Republicans, not just the stupid Iraq war.

We need to hammer home the theme: "This is the second war Republicans have lost."

[Hubert Flottz]

2. The Plan, The Plan...

Mission Accomplice = The entire GOP/PNANazi gang in Washington.

[opihimoimoi]

3. The GOP have shown a consistency of losing Wars and Common Sense..

They even picked and backed Bush...dispite many warnings W is inept.....

The GOP have lost their respect/credibility..what lkittle they had is now almost completely gone...only the brainwashed clings to them.

[gumby]

4. The Republicans Lost Iraq.

Rinse. Repeat.

The Republicans Lost Iraq. The Republicans Lost Iraq. The Republicans Lost Iraq.
The Republicans Lost Iraq. The Republicans Lost Iraq. The Republicans Lost Iraq.
The Republicans Lost Iraq. The Republicans Lost Iraq. The Republicans Lost Iraq.

[gulliver]

5. He's too kind, of course. They lost a lot more than Iraq.

Islamists are on the rise througout the world. The United States suffered severe decline over and above the costs of the war.

And it was a dishonest mistake. Never forget that, because that is what reveals its true character as a species of crime. Not only did they willfully make a huge mistake in invading Iraq. They greatly exaggerated the case for it to the American people and the United Nations. They hid and marginalized crucial facts that would have kept us off this disastrous course.

We didn't just enter a foolish, unnecessary war. We didn't just enter and lose a foolish unnecessary war. We were deceived and stampeded deliberately into entering and losing a foolish unnecessary war.

If it doesn't make you angry, you don't get it. It's the very definition of a high crime.