Staying the course in Iraq...right into the ditch
Bill Kristol, on the Daily Show last week, openly stated that Bush "drove us into a ditch." He was laughing as he said it, but that's the most pointed critique of Bush by a conservative I've yet seen.
And he's right, as underscored by this post from Joshua Marshall, an e-mail from a retired military intelligence officer now working as a security contractor in Iraq.
He describes the U.S. Army, an institution he loves, as dysfuntional now, 1968-style.
The course is, depressingly, no longer stayable. But as Krugman writes today, when we declare victory and get out of Iraq, we will have lost prestige, but avoided ruin.
I also think Josh is right, here, in suggesting that Kerry let the fight come to him now and let events spin on their own.
And he's right, as underscored by this post from Joshua Marshall, an e-mail from a retired military intelligence officer now working as a security contractor in Iraq.
He describes the U.S. Army, an institution he loves, as dysfuntional now, 1968-style.
The course is, depressingly, no longer stayable. But as Krugman writes today, when we declare victory and get out of Iraq, we will have lost prestige, but avoided ruin.
I also think Josh is right, here, in suggesting that Kerry let the fight come to him now and let events spin on their own.
posted by John at 10:32 AM
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