Posted by
TommyO on Friday, February 02, 2007 10:24:29 PM
The Credo de Thomas Aquinas
So we got ourselves a very unhappy public ranging from outright looney lefties anti-war types trying to relive their glory days from the 60’s and 70’s through the BDS types, both of whom seem to revel in any problem and/or defeat for America, to the angry right who feel that they have been snookered by the ‘W’ and his cronies into a war in Iraq while still cleaning up Afghanistan, that was fairly presented as a necessity, but degenerated into a meat grinder with no apparent goal or end. Meanwhile, the right fumes over our inability or reluctance or outright fear to deal with Iran.
Now the congress scurries for cover, and major blog and radio personalities demand a boycott of funding to any Republican trying to cover his or her butt with the voters who, by the way, are getting itchy in various degrees over our failure to accomplish ‘victory’ in Iraq. I signed the ‘pledge’. I called and wrote to my senator and all the others on the HH list. I wrote comments on blogs degrading the efforts to undercut the troops. To what avail?
If I listen to the left, this is all about oil and Bush/Cheney lust for power. If I listen to the right, this is all about protecting me and mine from the (insert your favorite term here) menace. If I believe the claims of the left, then I must progress to the fact that ‘W’ would, with clear conscience, commit troops to battle for personal gain, caring not for their welfare. The left, however, maintains support for the troops while simultaneously condemning their dastardly actions (Abu Grhaib – Gitmo – murder - ad infinitum) How can you walk in two directions at the same time? Is it possible they are trying to dupe me?
If I listen to the right, this is about keeping America safe from the bad guys, and it is being carried out by volunteer troopers, heroic in their efforts to protect us, to whom we owe unmitigated support. The right will point to the ‘Bubba’ years of drawdown of the defense establishment pretty much carried on by the ogre, Rumsfeld, all the while cheating the commanders of needed manpower to win the battle
( I look at Iraq and Afghanistan as two battles in the War on Terror. All efforts to defeat the ‘Islamic Horde’ are connected).
Many on both sides condemn the ‘W’ for his ultimate failure to plan for the post Saddam Iraq which caused mobilization of National Guard and Reserve units to fill the breach. The early mobilizations were spread out over the country in an effort to go unnoticed, but the continual deployment and redeployment of hometown units, not to mention the resulting casualties, has had a more negative effect on support for the war than can be acceptable. So, ‘W’ did not confront his second problem, which is the failure to fully involve the country in the long run effort to defeat Jihadism, and so has lost all of the left (no surprise here), and if the polls are to be believed, 60% of the right.
So what is the answer. There are many in high places making big money with much prestige and reputation on the line that seemingly cannot or will not answer the question. Or can they? Is the answer as evident as some would have us believe, such as Michael Ledeen, Col David Hunt, and perhaps VDH, that the obvious answer lies in Iran, and has been there for the last 30 years extending uncontested through the reign of even Ronaldo Maximus. The administration continues on the one-way street of Iraq and plays word games with Iran while the mullahs laugh themselves sick at our total and complete ineptitude. Meanwhile our troops bleed on a daily basis from Iranian methods and munitions.
I read many blogs daily, but no MSM of any type. I tried to read some lefty blogs for perspective, but got so angry with the incoherent rants that I gave up. Most of what I read is, in my opinion, overly concerned with the politics surrounding current events, more like a game, with wins and losses chalked up on a big scoreboard, rather than the events themselves, and how we should be understanding their impact. Not to detract from the importance of the political side, for it is the politicians who will ultimately make the decisions that will allow us to win or lose the big war, and any influence on the voter that can be obtained is a plus. As to influence on the politicians themselves, I do not see any positive results, as those who should be most responsive to the right side blogs are huddling with the left in fear of the dhimmi masses who could and would cut them off from the eternal gravy train in 2008. Landslide???
Where does the Democratic President take the country as it applies to Iran? By the time of inauguration, the ‘surge’, of which we now concern ourselves, will be done, one way or the other. The dhimmi congress, with the help of the cowardly Republicans may have ended the entire adventure with the fiscal squeeze before the election to simplify things for the dhimmi administration. (don’t forget those earmarks!)
The aftermath? Today, the prediction is for chaos in Iraq to include ethnic cleansing of the Sunnis; Turkish invasion of Kurdistan; undisturbed AQ HQ and training facilities in Anbar (hosted by Syria); loss of democracy in Lebanon; and, best of all, complete Iranian control of Iraq (with the bomb??). I cannot disagree with the prediction. The hole card is what do the Sunni Arab countries do to counter the hated Shia Persians? Not to mention the Israelies. Perhaps a Sunni – Israeli alliance similar to SEATO.
Hello Ms/Mr President, how do you deal with the above? Negotiations, you say? Maybe sharia law in Dearborn and Minneapolis will be a starter.
Everything will be blamed on the 'W'. and perhaps rightly so, but those who are so keen to turn tail today just might find themselves in the fight of their life if they fail to heed the mullahs. And they may be ultimately forced to face the mullahs because the bulk of Americans will not permit surender, no matter who is in charge.
That is the big picture. How about me? I will support the ‘surge’, although, like many of my friends, I have lost completely my faith in the President and the administration. We now have moved from committing the troops to battle for victory to offering sacrifice to the gods of duplicity coupled with the absolute fear of confronting Iran.
So much for today. HH, Please cancel my loyalty oath to ‘W’. It is over for me.