On the Eastern Front...

In response to W's speech today re: the latest, bleak Iraq Occupation Report...

Harry Reid, D-Nev., responded. “It is time for the president to listen to the American people and do what is necessary to protect this nation. That means admitting his Iraq policy has failed, working with the Democrats and Republicans in Congress on crafting a new way forward in Iraq, and refocusing our collective efforts on defeating al Qaida,” he said in a statement.

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My two cents...

George, it's time to get the heck out of Iraq and return to the first objective: Getting Al Qaida. Remember them? They were the fellows that attacked the World Trade Center in 2001. Does that ring a bell? 9/11?

Some historical input: If you hadn't slept through your high school and college years, hung over from too much booze and coke, you might have heard about WWII. I know... it's a long story so I'll cut to the chase. See, Hitler thought he could fight a war on two fronts, the Eastern front against the Soviets and the Western front against Europe and the US. (Even the Japanese knew enough not to do that and they avoided a confrontation against the Soviets for just that reason.) Well, Aldolph discovered that fighting on two fronts was a bad idea because in war people don't play by a set of rules and it strains the economic and military resources to try to fight multiple enemies at the same time.

Iraq was a minor enemy and lacked the ability to attack the US. Now, because of your occupation, there's a Civil War, and an Insurgency, and it's a hot bed of terrorism. Where we had one impotent dictator firing a rifle from a balcony, we now have Sunnis killing Shiites (and vice-wersa), we have Turkey invading Kurdish terrority, we have several powerful insurgent forces doing battle with the government and we have a more powerful terrorist network than ever existed in Afganistan. All the while, those arms and bombs that you should have protected first, rather than the oil fields, are being converted to IED's and used to kill US troops and innocent civilians. Plainly, it's a mess George, and you created it all by yourself.

George, you got yourself into a war on several fronts... even more Hitler... if you consider the domestic and political wars in the US, too. You haven't succeeded and it's been over 1500 days since you declared "Mission Accomplished" when, in fact, nothing's been "accomplished" except getting your feet stuck in the Iraqi mud. You need to decide which front you're going to fight on and pull out of the others. I suggest you pull out of Iraq, focus back on Afganistan, get the Taliban cleared out of there, set about finding Osama bin Laden (remember him?) and bring him to justice, in one form or another. Then, if you still, really, want to go back to Iraq, get international support from the UN and try again.

Dumbya, you have 500 days to get this resolved before you get returned to citizenship. Get at it. Stop talkin' and get actin'. You have learned firsthand, that "those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it."

-Devon