Writing the Obituary for Iraq.
I don't know if anyone has noticed, but the media are beginning to write the obituary for Iraq. The bare bones are not surprising, poor planning, not enough troops, the civilian leadership, but the fact that it is being written at all says alot.
We're not yet to the pronouncement of death, but it seems that the media, as all good newspeople do, has started working on their final pieces for the day when the operation finally and incontrovertibly gives up the ghost.
The interesting thing to me is that because the administration is still standing by the war, they can have no influence on the process, thus the weight is falling heavily upon them. (which it should.)
So, on that day, when the certificate is finally signed, and a final pronouncement can at last be made, the cause of death will not be obscured. Poor decisions, poor planning from the civilian leadership at the Pentagon and the White House flaks who pushed the war. Thousands of soldiers dead because these guys thought they were the smartest people in the room.
(It's also interesting to me that the media heads are finally starting to come around to public opinion. How long has approval on the war been below 50%?)
We're not yet to the pronouncement of death, but it seems that the media, as all good newspeople do, has started working on their final pieces for the day when the operation finally and incontrovertibly gives up the ghost.
The interesting thing to me is that because the administration is still standing by the war, they can have no influence on the process, thus the weight is falling heavily upon them. (which it should.)
So, on that day, when the certificate is finally signed, and a final pronouncement can at last be made, the cause of death will not be obscured. Poor decisions, poor planning from the civilian leadership at the Pentagon and the White House flaks who pushed the war. Thousands of soldiers dead because these guys thought they were the smartest people in the room.
(It's also interesting to me that the media heads are finally starting to come around to public opinion. How long has approval on the war been below 50%?)
posted by mikevotes at
9:30 PM
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But do you think this will deter the neofascists from their desire to attack Iran? "We learned our lesson from the last quagmire, so we won't f*** up again".
Or maybe they can resume concentrating on Afghanistan, and, you know, those alQaeda guys.
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Lew Scannon, at 9:50 PM
No, because they still think they're the smartest guys in the room.
They believe.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 10:04 PM
I still think anyone who thinks we are leaving iraq is wrong. We are there for good. it's just a question of how many people will die along the way. Iraq is where we are building the bases we've lost in Saudi Arabia, from which to launch the next war with Iran.
And they still have two years left. And I do hope I'M the one who is mistaken.
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QuakerDave, at 11:07 PM
Dave, I don't think the obituary will necessarily lead to withdrawal. I agree with your analysis.
But much like Vietnam, the war will be declared lost separate from a troop withdrawal.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 9:40 AM
The media has been in with the lies all along. Burn them all, I say.
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Anonymous, at 3:07 AM
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