By What Measure?
You'd think, given that his popularity in surveys would probably skyrocket as a result, that the President might wipe the sweat from his brow and set a spell with Cindy Sheehan at his Crawford ranch and talk some about her dead son, Casey. It might not be an easy conversation but — as the President has pointed out on numerous occasions — bein' President's hard work.
We'd all like know why stayin' the course and killing more young people like Casey Sheehan is somehow vital to honoring the memory of those who have already died. Why did they die? To help make Bush a "wartime president", his greatest wish to help cement his status in history.
I think perhaps enough have died now to guarantee that Bush will be recognized as the arrogant, uncaring, and fool-hardy president that he is, so we can stop now.
I know many people who say that it is bad strategy to say when we'll be withdrawing troops from Iraq. I can agree that we shouldn't do that. The President wants to keep them there until we succeed.
One thing we can do without strategic damage is to say what it means to succeed. When will we have won this war? By what measure shall we know victory? When will we know that it's "mission accomplished"?
Hard work. Bein' president. Think 'bout it a lot.
These are the questions Bush should be able to answer for Ms. Sheehan when he has that little chat with her. We'll be listening.
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on Tuesday, 9 August 2005 at 23.36
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"When will we have won this war? By what measure shall we know victory? When will we know that it's "mission accomplished"?
I have a suggestion. It will be when Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Libby, Wolfowitz and the rest of The Gang That Couldn't Think Straight can fly into Baghdad's airport and have their motorcade safely escorted into town exclusively by loyal, well trained, highly effective, heavily armed and wonderfully motivated Iraqi security troops.
Hearing Rumsfeld expansively describe today on C-SPAN the great strides being made to get Iraqi troops up to that level, I would like to see them put to the test as soon as possible.
Ahem.