Why are we in Iraq?
A [recent] survey found that 51% of Americans say the President is doing a poor job handling the situation in Iraq. That perception is keeping his Job Approval Ratings near the lowest levels ever recorded.
ed. - that's the lowest recorded for ANY war time president in American history.
If the President refuses to even set benchmarks for troop withdrawal it can only mean one of two things:
1. He wants to keep US troops there for all time and won't admit it to the American people.
2. He has no idea why he invaded in the first place. Benchmarks don't equal deadlines. They are just goals. Any realistic military action uses benchmarks or goals to determine progress and set flexible timelines for further action.
He won't set benchmarks. He won't set deadlines.
He won't tell us why we invaded except that there were supposedly WMDs. There weren't. Most of the intelligence at the time that has since come to light show there weren't. If he genuinely thought there were WMDs, he was fooling himself.
Looking at the two options above, he's either a horrific tyrant, or a complete imbecile. I hope it's the latter but fear that it's the former.
There is one alternative. It's all about partisan politics. Meaning, he cares more about appearing to be right and continuing the current Republican dominance inside the beltway than he cares about the lives of our best and bravest: American military men and women.
ed. - that's the lowest recorded for ANY war time president in American history.
If the President refuses to even set benchmarks for troop withdrawal it can only mean one of two things:
1. He wants to keep US troops there for all time and won't admit it to the American people.
2. He has no idea why he invaded in the first place. Benchmarks don't equal deadlines. They are just goals. Any realistic military action uses benchmarks or goals to determine progress and set flexible timelines for further action.
He won't set benchmarks. He won't set deadlines.
He won't tell us why we invaded except that there were supposedly WMDs. There weren't. Most of the intelligence at the time that has since come to light show there weren't. If he genuinely thought there were WMDs, he was fooling himself.
Looking at the two options above, he's either a horrific tyrant, or a complete imbecile. I hope it's the latter but fear that it's the former.
There is one alternative. It's all about partisan politics. Meaning, he cares more about appearing to be right and continuing the current Republican dominance inside the beltway than he cares about the lives of our best and bravest: American military men and women.
posted by Christopher Cornette at 9:41 PM
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