een Zone he will see that things are much improved from his last visit. McCain has been to Iraq several times over the past few years as the champion of the surge so he is certainly an expert on how well the war is going. In fact his visits have made his outlook on the situation so bright that he expects the country's military involvement there to end in a brief 100 years. And what of President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and former Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld? The three of them combined for many visits to the war zone. And what did they learn? Apparently not that the mission was not accomplished or that Iraq was splitting apart or even that our Allies were growing weary of the arrangement and preparing to leave. No. Their trips did not seem to be very enlightening. It's a good idea for Obama to visit Iraq although it's hard not to expect it to come across as more a PR stunt than anything else. (Thanks Fox). But it's not going to make him any wiser about how to solve the mess the current adminstration has created or make him more respected on the world stage. Obama, or McCain, will have to base the decisions on how to end the war in Iraq on good judgment, intelligence, instincts, and a desire to do what's best for a fragile world. And if he does that then he will be way ahead of the man who made the decision to start the war.
Monday, June 30, 2008
I will go to Iraq
So Barack Obama will visit Iraq this summer. Which means the clock is ticking on how much longer I get to enjoy my daily check on the Republican National Committee's "Days Since Obama Visited Iraq" counter on its website. By the way, it's 904 days, 21 hours, 24 minutes, and 13 seconds as I write. I'm sure going to miss that. The GOP and McCain campaign have put Obama's lack of time in the Green Zone right up there in importance with wearing a flag pin. And like the flag pin, Obama has finally relented. Again. But unlike his new lapel apparel, his going to Iraq will actually mean something. But what? McCain says that when Obama gets to the Gr
een Zone he will see that things are much improved from his last visit. McCain has been to Iraq several times over the past few years as the champion of the surge so he is certainly an expert on how well the war is going. In fact his visits have made his outlook on the situation so bright that he expects the country's military involvement there to end in a brief 100 years. And what of President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and former Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld? The three of them combined for many visits to the war zone. And what did they learn? Apparently not that the mission was not accomplished or that Iraq was splitting apart or even that our Allies were growing weary of the arrangement and preparing to leave. No. Their trips did not seem to be very enlightening. It's a good idea for Obama to visit Iraq although it's hard not to expect it to come across as more a PR stunt than anything else. (Thanks Fox). But it's not going to make him any wiser about how to solve the mess the current adminstration has created or make him more respected on the world stage. Obama, or McCain, will have to base the decisions on how to end the war in Iraq on good judgment, intelligence, instincts, and a desire to do what's best for a fragile world. And if he does that then he will be way ahead of the man who made the decision to start the war.
een Zone he will see that things are much improved from his last visit. McCain has been to Iraq several times over the past few years as the champion of the surge so he is certainly an expert on how well the war is going. In fact his visits have made his outlook on the situation so bright that he expects the country's military involvement there to end in a brief 100 years. And what of President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and former Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld? The three of them combined for many visits to the war zone. And what did they learn? Apparently not that the mission was not accomplished or that Iraq was splitting apart or even that our Allies were growing weary of the arrangement and preparing to leave. No. Their trips did not seem to be very enlightening. It's a good idea for Obama to visit Iraq although it's hard not to expect it to come across as more a PR stunt than anything else. (Thanks Fox). But it's not going to make him any wiser about how to solve the mess the current adminstration has created or make him more respected on the world stage. Obama, or McCain, will have to base the decisions on how to end the war in Iraq on good judgment, intelligence, instincts, and a desire to do what's best for a fragile world. And if he does that then he will be way ahead of the man who made the decision to start the war.
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