Sending the Wrong Signal

I listen to the Congressman from Georgia talk of the virtue of staying in Iraq. The commitment to freedom, blah-blah-blah. The commitment now is to ourselves. And a true analysis of our mistakes as a means of reaching some smart, effective policy.

Is there a war on terrorism worth fighting? Perhaps. Then let's call this the battle of Iraq, one of many battles to be fought. Not a war in Iraq. One battle, which we may be losing, but one we will learn from in order to better our efforts. The war on terrorism is not lost, but may be if we stay the Cheney course. I said it here quite a while ago, and that is that it would be the ultimate tragedy if we got rope-a-doped in Iraq, only to be all punched out by the time Iran steps into the ring. If they ever do.

Bush's sycophants say pulling out will send the wrong signal. Every day Bush is president and his policies go unchecked, we send the wrong signal. We tell the world we would rather make our point, a meaningless and destructive point, than be true world leaders.