We are winning this war. A year from now much of today's conventional wisdom will have been turned on its head. -one of AS's readersI've prepared amply and adequately for the politics of that possible outcome. Have you?
It's funny that one month's downtick in violence from the worst of levels last year signals that "the war" can be won. It's a total misunderstanding of the problems. The "surge" (which was designed for Baghdad) could work yet the stabilization effort could go on for years - years - to come. After which time, we look at the 2 trillion dollar tab, $9,000 per capita, and say, "Yeah, we 'won'. Wink. Wink. Nudge. Nudge.".
Meanwhile, the conflict in the North appears to be near the boiling point. A next in a line of new fronts? Also, whatever troops we draw down in Iraq look destined to go to Afghanistan, if you look at the destabilization that continues there.
Last, the reader writes, "you are not able to see what I see". No kidding? Heck, most everything you see is "classified".
For a long time, some have been complaining loudly that there is no systematic information about Iraq. The best information we get is from ... the Inspector General. Shit.
Tell me that there is not something seriously wrong with a Republic and an Administration that wages war and gives the best information about what is going on through an Inspector General.
