All Hopped Up

Premature Evacuation?

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. . . apparently going straight out of Iraq if ten-term GOP House member Howard Coble gets his way. Although many Democrats have criticized the Iraq War, the prevailing belief of party members is that troops need to remain in the now-shattered country until it is stabilized. The exception being Rep. Dennis Kucinich (who, in a sane country, would be our President-elect).

Coble joins fellow GOP Rep. Leach as the only other party member who has openly asked for short-term troop withdrawal to be considered. Still, his 'bold' declaration was couched in support for the mission in Iraq and his vote giving Bush authorization to use force.

The congressman said he thought Bush was correct in attacking Iraq, and that he and most of his constituents still believe it was the right decision because "we've done a lot of good over there." That includes capturing Saddam Hussein, "the international terrorist, the tyrant, the snake," he said. But a troop withdrawal should be an option if the Iraqi government is unable or unwilling to "shoulder more of the heavy lifting" for its own security, Coble said. There has been little or no indication that the Iraqi government can do that, he said.

That's a bit of 'have-my-cake-and-eat-it-too' sentiment.

Yep, we got Saddam alright. And it only took destabilizing the country, destroying its infrastructure, and making Iraq a haven for international terrorists and criminals to do so. In other words, now that the Pandora's Box has been opened, let's just declare victory and go home.

I guess if those towelhead Eye-raqis refuse to recognize all of the good we've done for them, well it just shows what ingrates they are.