Something in your post this morning really clicked for me, and I'd like you to
put a sharper point on it from here on out. I'd like to see the main Democratic
talking point become, "Bush will be in Iraq forever. Period. The Democrats will
extricate us. Period." And let the administration convince the public otherwise.
I think if the Dems just keep saying, over and over, "Republicans want us there
forever, that's why we have no timetables, that's why THEY ARE building
permanent bases, etc.," this would be a useful evolution of the basic
description of the situation.
This is an interesting point. It kind of turns the Republican argument back on itself, and it really is the truth. Democrats don't want to cut-n-run so much as just get ourselves out of the place where we don't belong.
What I find interesting is the new notion the Republicans are placing that if we leave Iraq it will destabilize the whole region. It's an interesting argument in that their supposed purpose for invading Iraq was to destabilize the region. The pro-Democracy domino theory that they sold us. So why the sudden concern now?
That's what I don't get about this Iraq policy. What exactly is their strategy here? It's not clear that they have one... well, other than to use foreign policy blunders abroad to win domestic elections at home. That is, my theory of the Arsonist. That they're starting fires so that they can campaign on putting them out.
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