This is the best editorial I've read in a while. It's by Leonard Pitts Jr.
While a majority of Americans still believe this president is strong on terror, the reality suggests otherwise.
Take the past two days for instance. The latest and most recent developments in Iraq are increasingly becoming more startling. Scores of Iraqi policemen were slaughtered recently, tons of missing weapons reported this week. If this war were a game, by all accounts we'd be losing.
Until recently I questioned the logic of cutting and running from the Iquagmire (get it, Iraq merged with quagmire), but now I think maybe that might be the best plan.
The fear of leaving Iraq as it is today is that the country will erupt into Civil War. Well if you take a good look around, it would appear as if Iraq is already mired in near Civil War. Battles on the street, bombs in police stations, I don't know how much more civil this war is going to get.
Staying the supposed Neocon course is an exercise in stupidity. Since when has an Arabic culture ever embraced the policies of an infidel mentality? It didn't work during the Crusades, it isn't working on the Gaza Strip. By investing conservative hopes in rearranging some 1500+ plus years of Muslim culture, the Bush administration has effectively created a new Palestine, and we all know how well that experiment has worked.
How long can we pretend that Iraq is worth the blood and money? Bush's positive example isn't worth the opportunity cost, moreover it will never work. Bush isn't Lawrence of Arabia and this camel ain't going to fly. Return Iraq to the tribal leaders and focus on securing Amercian borders.
Let's play a game we can actually win; redefining Iraq is more trouble than it's worth.
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