Expedience
The Dallas Morning News is extremely unhappy with President Bush and the war in Iraq. That does not, however, make them supporters of a precipitous withdrawal that will only make matters even worse. And they are calling on Congress to stop trying the expedient and face up to the facts.
Momentum is building on Capitol Hill for a showdown with President Bush on an Iraq troop withdrawal, now that 18 benchmarks for progress will not be met by a mid-September deadline. Before the momentum becomes unstoppable, we'd like to ask all sides to consider the cliff up ahead.
The growing chorus of dissent in Congress makes clear that fear – specifically the fear of a voter backlash in 2008 – is driving legislators to choose the most expedient route over one that accounts for America's, as well as Iraq's, best long-term interests.
Nobody, except our enemies, is happy with the 3,600-plus U.S. death toll. Nobody can tolerate Iraqi leaders' ongoing failure to get their house in order. But just because key Republicans, including Sens. Pete Domenici and Richard Lugar, are ending support for the administration's troop-surge strategy does not mean that the Democratic plan for a pullout is the best or only solution.
We think it's a bad idea that risks repeating the same mistakes that the Bush administration made when it launched the Iraq war.
No supporters of the war, they are also honest enough to admit that the alternative will be a disaster for America and for the Middle East. The Democrats leading the charge here better realize that one of their own will, at some point, have to deal with the wreckage in the Middle East that will be created if they continue to pander to the left.
No supporters of the war, they are also honest enough to admit that the alternative will be a disaster for America and for the Middle East. The Democrats leading the charge here better realize that one of their own will, at some point, have to deal with the wreckage in the Middle East that will be created if they continue to pander to the left.
By guy, Tuesday, 10 July , 2007 @ 10:20 am
So who are Sens. Pete Domenici and Richard Lugar pandering to?
By TimF, Tuesday, 10 July , 2007 @ 12:16 pm
Harry Reid?