* If Bush woke up tomorrow, realized he could declare Iraq a success and remove our men and women from the field of battle, how many of his followers would declare him an enemy of democracy, accuse him of cutting and running and state, that his actions had emboldened the haters? Or... is the subtext that the only way we can ensure success is to suspend debate, accept the failure-esque results from staying the course and then somehow in a warped way, we'll magically win.
* When you fail to educate yourself on the nuances of your 'enemy', you hardcode a path to inevitable defeat. Ignorance has never guaranteed success.
* The true 'Field of Dreams', when you build a terrorist, he will come. Every dead Iraq civilian has a brother, sister, mother, father, child etc who is impacted. Each of the previously tortured, has a story to tell. The expectation that after 4 years of being shocked and awed repeatedly, that we've built support among the citizens rather than opposition where none existed previously, is based on flawed logic.
* Military benefits, not flexible to accomodate the new family dynamics. Once again... supporting the troops hits another oxymoron speed bump.
Posted by kerry at February 19, 2007 05:08 AM