you’re the weakest link… goodbye
Jules Crittenden joins the conservatives calling for Rumsfeld and Cheney to resign. Personally, I don’t see how these two, albeit especially Rumsfeld, can stay on even another week.
That being said, Jules seems to believe that the original goal for Iraq is still achievable:
For the Middle East to retain any semblance of stability, Iraq must survive intact, with a free and democratic government, without the sectarian bloodbath that would make what is happening there now look like a garden party.
For that to happen, the United States must remain committed to Iraq. We must quietly apply pressure on Iraqi leaders to take control of their country, to look beyond personal, partisan, sectarian objectives. We must increase the number of U.S. advisors attached to Iraqi army and police units. We must put enough troops in Iraq to destroy the Shiite militias, and hand bellicose Iran’s proxy forces another defeat, on top of their defeat in Lebanon this year. We must destroy al-Qaeda and the Sunni insurgency. Ruthlessly.
The only problem is: that’s not going to happen. At least, not when Jules means ‘intact’ as in the degree of ‘unity’ or centralization right now. As I wrote before, my view on this has evolved, especially lately.
The best the world can hope for right now is some degree of damage control. Jules does not seem to understand this… yet.
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