Iraq War Madness

Good morning Alaska and the rest of you who aren't privleged enough to live here. The Patraeus report came out and our congressional delegation has weighed in. Ted Stevens said he supports whatever is in it, even though he hasn't looked at it or has been in on committee hearings. But whatever, thats his own private Idaho to deal with. Lisa Murkowski says she’s troubled by the Patreus report on the Iraq War. She fears that with no political progress from the Iraqi government, we cannot successfully carry out our military mission. No “S” Sherlock. She was troubled months ago on this very show, yet she keeps voting to do whatever the president wants, no questions asked. Now she’s troubled. There will NEVER be a political solution in Iraq other than by the sword which is the only thing they understand, and that’s for THEM to decide NOT us!!! Don Young is another special piece of work. He supports General Patreus and that’s fine because he’s right about the military aspects of the war. Where Young fails is politically. He’s not General Don Young, he’s congressman Young. He says “A democracy cannot be created overnight. Ours wasn’t and neither will theirs”. One big difference among many – WE decided to fight for our democracy, we didn’t have it shoved down our throats! The Iraqi people didn’t decide to do anything for themselves, WE decided to – now they’re fighting each other for three different forms of government and NONE of them are a democracy!!! With no political solutions, we'll be there forever with some phantom excuses as to why we should "stay the course". When questioned whether he thinks the war in Iraq is making Americans safer over here, Patraeus cast doubt on President Bush's bedrock argument that the war in Iraq is helping to protect the nation against another terror attack. The general stunned a packed Senate hearing room when he answered, "Sir, I don't know, actually." Nice, if the guy running the war doesn't know if we're safer, what makes you think Bush does???