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November 17, 2003A Plea to Stay the CourseTacitus is one of the most thoughtful and principled conservative bloggers. He has some serious, sobering thoughts regarding our rapidly changing strategy in Iraq and the announced plans to draw down troops and transfer sovereignty. Here's one paragraph: Are you fearful of a "quagmire" (whatever that might be) in Iraq? Take heart -- the occupation will be over by June 2004. Are you steadfast in your desire to see us win in Iraq? Take heart -- the fight will continue. For a short while, the Administration gets it both ways. But it can't go on. The day may well come when a newly-sovereign Iraqi government will order us out. Or they will adopt the cruel garb of theocracy. Or they will succumb to civil war. Or they will control Baghdad as Karzai controls Kabul. Or they will resort to Ba'athist-style secular repression as a means of holding the country together. And what then? Will it all have been worth it then? Will we look back and wish we'd grasped the nettle firmly as honor and common sense demanded back in the hard fall days of 2003?Posted by William Swann at November 17, 2003 10:30 AM Comments
Good post by Tacitus. It sure gave birth to an enormous litter of comments. Tacitus makes a lot of good points, and raises many of the same concerns that I have going forward. But I think it's important to take a step back and notice how upset and on edge and polarized we Americans all are. People are blogging like mad about Iraq, and letting all theirs biases and fears show. People are interpolating tons and tons from simple and brief admin statements. If we are to stay the course, we need to try to keep an even keel. We can't view every course tweak like a tidal wave. Posted by: bk at November 17, 2003 09:54 PM |
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