The Alamo In Iraq - Bush Vows To Fight To The Last Iraqi
While the consensus in America has come down decidedly on leaving Iraqi to the Iraqis, George Bush seems to inhabit an Alamo of the mind. There he is, an unlikely Davy Crockett, along with Dick Cheney, as an even more unlikely Jim Bowie, holding out against all odds and vowing to fight to the last Iraqi.
Only trouble is, the entire policy is based on a decision that the Iraqis themselves are incapable of sorting out their differences - and turning their national pride on al-Qaeda.
Of course, its easy to see that the insurgents and al-Qaeda elements are very dutiful detonators. They behave like good accountants, who have a long-range plan that enumerates just how many bombs they will set off each day and knowing, by the locations they choose, approximately how many Iraqis they will kill. Their goal is simple and ruthless: to create a daily media outrage. Apparently, they would kill to the last Iraqi. In fact, if only two Iraqis were left, one a Shiite and the other a Sunni, one might well knock off the other and become Mr. Only Survivor.
Quite frankly, we wish there was a way for Davy and Jim to win against all odds. But, while there are al-Qaeda plotters in the mix, most of the attackers are Iraqis. And in that unwelcome reality lies the impossiblity of victory.
Its far better to let the people of Iraq deal with their divisions and the murderous monsters, insiders and outsiders, who set no value on anything but their own ill-conceived goals.
We gave the Iraqis freedom, out from under the murderous boot of Saddam Hussein. But we could not give them peace. Its up to them to be worthy of freedom.
Yet its tragically obvious from the intensity of their delusions that they are far from a citizenry that values it. They seem to prefer to live under the thick turbans of their medieval clerics.
Its time to let them find their own way to a dark backwardness or a bright future, and they seem very likely to take a long detour through the darkness. We wish them a speedy journey to modernity.
Since George Bush and his administration seem fixated on holding out in his Alamo, its time for the Democrats to tap him on the shoulder and tell him, George, it doesnt really exist. Its all in your mind. Lets get our good guys out of there.
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