2007.01.10
Staying the course - plus 21,000
23.42.31 - Mark
Bush's speech about his "new plan" for Iraq seems to be anything but. The speech itself seems recycled, dragging out his old shields like 9/11/01, and the plan itself is little different than what seems to be going on now. There were also clear fallacies in his plan. While he may have told Iraqi leaders that they need to step up and take control over their country or see American forces leave, but in the same speech he also said that any sort of withdraw from Iraq at this point in time would result in a disastrous catch-22. Fewer troops means increased violence and a near total destabilization in the middle east, which in turn would require even more troops (repeat ad nauseum). At the same time we're sending in diplomats to establish peace in the region - attempting to do something in a matter of months that hasn't been atainable in a matter of centuries.
It doesn't help matters that everyone is trying to apply victory and defeat concepts to this mess. I don't believe there will be anything resembling a decisive victory in Iraq, and applying those concepts isn't going to help anyone reach an acceptable resolution. Until then, I'm just going to try and forget the fact that I'm going to be paying for this mess for the rest of my life.
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