Friday, May 14, 2004
Now it's official--It's Over
Maureen Dowd led her column in yesterday's New York Times with this unbelievably little reported quote:
"Testifying before the Senate yesterday, General Richard Myers admitted that we're checkmated in Iraq.
"There is no way to militarily lose in Iraq," he said, describing the generals' consensus. "There is also no way to militarily win in Iraq.""
Is there anything really left to debate? Anything left to mince or parse when the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, our combined head of all military branches, makes such a statement under oath to Congress?
From the very beginning every aspect of TeamBush's plan had to fall into line like clockwork, all of its rosy assumptions had to be right on target for this adventure in Iraq to be deemed a success for the United States. That they didn't in the first few months had some military and political analysts concerned, but not overly so. Now some fourteen months into our nation's first war of choice we've reached the end.
Unfortunately, however, many more Americans and Iraqis will likely die before it's all really over. But the scorecard has been filled out by the people whose job it is to keep such scores, and the best we can expect is apparently a draw.
Just too depressing for words.
Maureen Dowd led her column in yesterday's New York Times with this unbelievably little reported quote:
"Testifying before the Senate yesterday, General Richard Myers admitted that we're checkmated in Iraq.
"There is no way to militarily lose in Iraq," he said, describing the generals' consensus. "There is also no way to militarily win in Iraq.""
Is there anything really left to debate? Anything left to mince or parse when the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, our combined head of all military branches, makes such a statement under oath to Congress?
From the very beginning every aspect of TeamBush's plan had to fall into line like clockwork, all of its rosy assumptions had to be right on target for this adventure in Iraq to be deemed a success for the United States. That they didn't in the first few months had some military and political analysts concerned, but not overly so. Now some fourteen months into our nation's first war of choice we've reached the end.
Unfortunately, however, many more Americans and Iraqis will likely die before it's all really over. But the scorecard has been filled out by the people whose job it is to keep such scores, and the best we can expect is apparently a draw.
Just too depressing for words.
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