That media report about the blogs attempts to claim are Soldiers and Marines are unwilling participants in that evil war by the evil dictator Bush. Its rather obvious they are wrong on that point.
Many who opposed the war were wrong in the beginning when they predicted over a million people would die and there would be a million refugees. During the occupation, liberals such as Michael Moore have painted a disgusting and inaccurate account of what has happened in Iraq and implied inappropriate things about the conduct of coalition troops. Moore had the opportunity to shed more light on the positive work and accomplishments of our troops but instead decided to throw mud at them.
I've got friends who have returned to Iraq for second tours of duty. I just got an e-mail from one that dicussed how impressive many of the new Iraqi police and Army are! But that fact simply goes unnoticed in the media.
Have mistakes been made over the past 18 months in Iraq? Yes Has there ever been a mistake free war and nation building mission? No
But overall, the Bush administration has had it right and has accomplished an amazing amount. If John Kerry is elected president, it will be funny to watch him continue to ride the path that Bush has set, because honestly, that is really the only path that is going to achieve the goal that everyone should want, which is a prosperous, stable, democratic Iraq that is no longer a threat to its neighbors.
The path Bush has put Iraq on has elections in 2005 as well as continuing to rebuild the Iraqi military, police force and other structures vital to governing Iraq. Money for rebuilding infrastructure and economic development will continue to come in, as long as we don't have majorities of politicians to vote against the aid packages as a certain Senator did himself.
As more Iraqi military and police units become active and are able to deal with Johny Jihad and other insurgents, US and Coalition force levels can start to be reduced. This might be a few years off, but continued committment at all levels will produce this result eventually. As long as the coalitions committment to Iraq does not waver, Iraq will become a stable democracy, eventually. But before that time comes, in my opinion, it is absurd to scream or suggest failure every time an enevitable problem occurs.
Many who opposed the war were wrong in the beginning when they predicted over a million people would die and there would be a million refugees. During the occupation, liberals such as Michael Moore have painted a disgusting and inaccurate account of what has happened in Iraq and implied inappropriate things about the conduct of coalition troops. Moore had the opportunity to shed more light on the positive work and accomplishments of our troops but instead decided to throw mud at them.
I've got friends who have returned to Iraq for second tours of duty. I just got an e-mail from one that dicussed how impressive many of the new Iraqi police and Army are! But that fact simply goes unnoticed in the media.
Have mistakes been made over the past 18 months in Iraq? Yes Has there ever been a mistake free war and nation building mission? No
But overall, the Bush administration has had it right and has accomplished an amazing amount. If John Kerry is elected president, it will be funny to watch him continue to ride the path that Bush has set, because honestly, that is really the only path that is going to achieve the goal that everyone should want, which is a prosperous, stable, democratic Iraq that is no longer a threat to its neighbors.
The path Bush has put Iraq on has elections in 2005 as well as continuing to rebuild the Iraqi military, police force and other structures vital to governing Iraq. Money for rebuilding infrastructure and economic development will continue to come in, as long as we don't have majorities of politicians to vote against the aid packages as a certain Senator did himself.
As more Iraqi military and police units become active and are able to deal with Johny Jihad and other insurgents, US and Coalition force levels can start to be reduced. This might be a few years off, but continued committment at all levels will produce this result eventually. As long as the coalitions committment to Iraq does not waver, Iraq will become a stable democracy, eventually. But before that time comes, in my opinion, it is absurd to scream or suggest failure every time an enevitable problem occurs.
