7/30/2005
The Iraqis have taken 12,000 casualties for their freedom
While the libs are clamoring to get out of this “quagmire”, Iraqis are offering themselves for their own freedom. They see the payoff down the line, but apparently 1700 American casualties over 3 years (less than the number of people who die from breast cancer or in SUV’s in a year), is too much for liberals to bear and they’re calling for a “timetable” to pull out of Iraq.
Don’t they realize the lethal ideology we’re facing? We have nowhere to hide. They’ve already shown us they have no reservations but to attack us on our own soil. I suppose the next thing they’re willing to do is give up every shred of who we are and just let them bring sharia law to this land?
Some republicans are sensing there is a shift in the polls, and they’re jumping on the liberal bandwagon rather than supporting the president.
The president addressed the nation to illustrate what successes we’re experiencing there, since people can’t seem to separate the images of Iraqis getting blown up by the failing insurgency who are so desperate they’re killing whoever “helps the infidel” rather than realizing these people are helping themselves to a new Iraq.
DUH!
July 31st, 2005 at 8:02 pm
Our (gradually reduced) presence in Iraq will be required for the next five to ten years. There is a philosophy that militaries in democracies must adopt. A military force must understand itself to be a tool of the state, subjected to civilian power. The Iraqi military cannot be abandoned until we ensure that they have the necessary institutional ethos of protecting civilian power. An alternative to anarchy could also be a military coup by a self-perceived independent actor.
On the other hand, it seems the media is getting bored with Bush’s resolve. The topic of a troop withdrawal may be just that - a way to stir the pot.
I hope this isn’t just wishful thinking on my part. I hope there are people that understand the consequences of an early withdrawal, and will withstand the mounting pressure of shortsightedness.
August 1st, 2005 at 3:49 am
We must not give up our resolve, and I agree with you, but it’s disgusting that the media ’stirs the pot’ to sell more papers. Unfortunately, with so many of the bad stories that have circulated, I think sales are down. I wish they’d realize that sales would go up if they simply reported the NEWS rather than selective issues seen through the narrow eye of partisan politics.