PrintJanuary 12, 2007
The Way Forward
The President has outlined his "way forward" for Iraq and the battlelines are clearly drawn, both in Washington and in Baghdad. Here in the capital of the free world, the fight is between two factions of our political class each of which is trying to avoid tasting the bitter along with the sweet. The President wants to win in Iraq but doesn't want to accept full responsibility for the cost of victory. The opposition wants to lose but doesn't want to accept any responsibility for the cost of defeat. There's no question about who is more honorable in this situation, but nobody takes any prizes. George W. Bush is fortunate to have opponents like Ted Kennedy and Dick Durbin. They make him look resolute. For three long years the President has stuck with a strategy of treading lightly and leaving barely discernible footprints. The idea was that if we avoided rubbing Iraqi noses in the brutal fact that we had conquered their country the "insurgency" would die out for lack...(Read Full Article)
