Recap: Bush does not "get it"
May. 2nd, 2007 11:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nowalmartSo most Americans feel that we should have a timetable for a withdraw from Iraq.
President Bush says that doing so will tie the hands of the generals on the ground. That doing so will mean that the insurgents/terrorists have won.
I have written before that I do not know what "winning in Iraq" would look like, and I think that most Americans are coming around to asking just that question. I do not think it is so much that we want a certain date when the troops in Iraq will be brought back, but rather we want to know under what conditions the troops will be brought home.
President Bush seems to be waiting for us to "win", but between the fact that Iraq seems to be in the middle of a mild civil war (how does an outsider not choosing side "win" a civil war?) and the fact that our very presence seems to be causing some of the fighting, what does "winning" mean in Iraq?
Americans may seem to not remember things, but I think the fact that we have a sizable number of troops in both Germany and South Korea is still in the back of our collective minds. Then we can look at Vietnam. Sure, Vietnam is not doing *extremely* well, but we have to question if our withdraw from that country helped everyone out in the long run.
So tell us, President Bush, what does "winning" in Iraq look like, and how long are we going to have to wait for that to happen?
In other news, Governor Corzine has paid his $46 fine for not wearing his seatbelt. The taxpayers of New Jersey should be relieved. I mean, I am sure it is their hard-earned taxes that are paying for the hospital bed he had moved into the Governor's Mansion. That $46 will go a long way towards helping with the costs related to his selfish decision.
The vehicle's "black box" reports that the Suburban was traveling at 91mph at the time of the crash.
All of this demonstrates two preconceived notions: 1) Powerful people believe themselves immune from normal "problems" like car wrecks, and 2) The police believe themselves such good drivers that they are able to somehow drive a vehicle weighing near 6000 lbs. at 90+ mph in traffic for extended times and not have something happen.
President Bush says that doing so will tie the hands of the generals on the ground. That doing so will mean that the insurgents/terrorists have won.
I have written before that I do not know what "winning in Iraq" would look like, and I think that most Americans are coming around to asking just that question. I do not think it is so much that we want a certain date when the troops in Iraq will be brought back, but rather we want to know under what conditions the troops will be brought home.
President Bush seems to be waiting for us to "win", but between the fact that Iraq seems to be in the middle of a mild civil war (how does an outsider not choosing side "win" a civil war?) and the fact that our very presence seems to be causing some of the fighting, what does "winning" mean in Iraq?
Americans may seem to not remember things, but I think the fact that we have a sizable number of troops in both Germany and South Korea is still in the back of our collective minds. Then we can look at Vietnam. Sure, Vietnam is not doing *extremely* well, but we have to question if our withdraw from that country helped everyone out in the long run.
So tell us, President Bush, what does "winning" in Iraq look like, and how long are we going to have to wait for that to happen?
In other news, Governor Corzine has paid his $46 fine for not wearing his seatbelt. The taxpayers of New Jersey should be relieved. I mean, I am sure it is their hard-earned taxes that are paying for the hospital bed he had moved into the Governor's Mansion. That $46 will go a long way towards helping with the costs related to his selfish decision.
The vehicle's "black box" reports that the Suburban was traveling at 91mph at the time of the crash.
All of this demonstrates two preconceived notions: 1) Powerful people believe themselves immune from normal "problems" like car wrecks, and 2) The police believe themselves such good drivers that they are able to somehow drive a vehicle weighing near 6000 lbs. at 90+ mph in traffic for extended times and not have something happen.
