It has been a while since this discussed Iraq. I ran across this article in the Washington Post and I was interested in what this blog's members would have to say about the questions posed.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/08/AR2006080800941.htmlThe article says "while chairing a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Warner suggested that the president might need a new congressional resolution authorizing our presence in Iraq, since the conflict there has become (or, best case, may yet become) a civil war."
And to expand on the issues raise in the article, do we think that the United States can realistically fix Iraq? If so, how long will the american people accept our diminished military power to react to other needs (N. Korean, Iran, Somalia, the hunt for Osama, etc.)? Personally, I maintain that it was never our goal to get in and then get out. We are there to stay regardless. It would just be a better PR story if it had all went cleanly. Damn those proud muslims for not going against the concept of Islam itself and accepting our form of government and religious freedom! Who do they think that are anyway?!?!
