Dr. Forbush Thinks

Finally we agree that the mess in Mesopotamia is not getting any better by staying the course. General Shinseki told us that we needed over 350 thousand soldiers in Iraq after the invasion in order to maintain stability of the country. Of course he was encouraged to retire shortly after disagreeing with the Donald Rumsfeld and the Bush administration. The Bush administration tells the public that they listen to their Generals, but they certainly didn’t listen to General Shinseki, and they are currently paying the price.

Of course General Shinseki wasn’t the only General to voice his opinion to the administration and find their opinions ignored and their commands changed to something more suitable. George W Bush has recently rearranged his Iraq team in order to make sure that he had Generals in charge the agreed with his Iraq policy. Instead of using the practical experience from the Generals in the field, George W Bush has chosen to find the Generals that agree with him and appoint them to the top positions in this conflict. With this strategy we will never have a victory in any war let alone the conflict in Iraq. Of course, George W Bush has failed at every business opportunity that he has ever tried, so we shouldn’t be surprised by this at all.

So, we are stuck with George W Bush’s “Stay the Course” strategy. We will continue to send soldiers into the al Qaeda firing range where the terrorists have been traveling to this zone in order to hone their terrorist skills. We offer the targets and al Qaeda offers the troops to be trained. With Bush’s “new” plan he has decided to increase the number of targets to be sent to Iraq. We have not decided as a country to “win” this war, because that would require 350 thousand troops as General Shinseki has estimated. And, if we can’t win, why are we taking on this suicide mission?

The options are clear. We can decide to win, which requires sending over 200 thousand more troops to Iraq. Since we do not have these troops we would require a draft to get these troops. We need to raise the money needed to fight this war. And we need to commit to victory and do whatever it takes. If we do not do this, and there is very little will in the American public to do this we need to figure out how we leave Iraq and keep the country as stable as possible in do so. This is what the Iraq Study Group illustrated in their report.

These are the two valid options. George W Bush has chosen the wimp option. He doesn’t want to pick the winning strategy, because that would cost the Republicans political power for many years to come if it fails. And, he doesn’t want to “cut and run” because he has defined this option as a non-starter and he doesn’t have the integrity to do the right thing. We are stuck with this idiot in the Oval Office, and we will continue to suffer with him in charge. This is “bad.” But the really sad thing is that he has signed the death warrants for a large number of American troops that will pay the ultimate price for his wimpy decision.




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