Speaking purely for myself — a person who thought Iraq was The Wrong Thing To Do, but who also feels that we must Take Responsibility For The Mess We Created — I find brilliantly written posts like these fascinating:
Donklephant: Waiting For The Other Joe
RightWing NutHouse: Iraq: Quit or Commit
And just to give you another target to shout at (me), I’ve totally lost my internal compass on this. As recently as June, I argued vehemently that we can’t simply abandon the Iraqi people to the chaos that was sure to come. Today, I find myself wondering whether it’s possible to salvage anything at all for the Iraqis from this disastrous situation … and I’m mad as hell.
About the only thing I do know is “stay the course” is not an option, unless one subscribes to some twisted lemming theory.
What do you think? Is it time to stick a fork in it and call it done?
Update: If lemmings could talk:
Asked if the continued violence in Iraq was a sign the American strategy was not working there, Bush said, “If I didn’t think the Iraq policy would work, I’d change it.” He said U.S. military commanders in Iraq believed the current U.S. strategy “will work.”