Party Politics and The War in Iraq

During the three years preceding the 2006 Haitian presidential election, I went to Washington three times for a total of 75 meetings. I met with Republicans and Democrats as well as folks from the State Department and the Pentagon. I even received a visit from former President Clinton. Not once did I think to myself, " I hope the Haiti strategy fails because there is a Republican in the White House".

I say this, in part, as a reaction to Dave Johnson's post, "Iraq, Better?" I read the post because I was so surprised to see it. I even had to read the BIO. Who is this guy? Imagine some one on Huffpo suggesting that the Iraq situation may be improving. Frankly, if the only way the Democrats can win the White House is by having an Iraq disaster then, as a population, we're f**ked.

I was always against the war but since were in it, I want to hear the truth. I don't want partisan news or partisan intelligence reporting. Give it to me the way it is so I can make my own decisions.

I'm a Clinton Democrat. Before I was a Clinton Democrat, I was a Kennedy Democrat. I still call the airport in Washington, "Washington National". I didn't like Nixon, Ford, Reagan or Bush although watching former presidents Clinton and Bush raise funds for international disasters is probably a positive thing. I think Mondale, Dukakis, Gore and Kerry are losers. Stupid campaigns. They let me down. In spite of any of my political inclinations, I'ld rather have the situation in Iraq get better rather than worse.