Bill Kristol the War Architect with a run rate equivalent to that of Texas A&M bonfire builders, has weighed in on Bush's decision to stay the course avec augmentation.
KRISTOL: They’re playing — they’re leap-frogging each other in the degrees of irresponsibility they’re willing to advocate. And I really think people are being too sort of complacent and forgiving almost of the Democrats. ‘Oh, it’s politics, of course. One of them has a non-binding resolution. The other has a cap.’ It’s all totally irresponsible. It’s just unbelievable. The president is sending over a new commander, he’s sending over troops, and the Democratic Congress, in a pseudo-binding way or non-binding way, is saying, ‘It won’t work. Forget it. You troops, you’re going over there in a pointless mission. Iraqis who might side with us, forget it, we’re going to pull the plug.’ It’s so irresponsible that they can’t be quiet for six or nine months and say the president has made a decision, we’re not going to change that decision, we’re not going to cut off funds and insist on the troops coming back, so let’s give it a chance to work. You really wonder, do they want it to work or not? I really wonder that. I hate to say this about the Democrats. They’re people I know personally and I respect some of them. Do they want it to succeed or not?
Think Bush can work this into his speech tonight. A healthy "Y'all should just STFU till I'm done", approach?
It's past time to deploy Mr. Kristol into the theater of battle or at least into the ditch he referred to on the Daily Show. His time to shine is now.
Posted by kerry at January 23, 2007 02:23 AM