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Better Late than never: Bush challenges Democrats to offer plan for Iraq



Mind you, by leaving it this long, it has become apparent to anyone of any intelligence whatsoever that the Democrats have no plan on Iraq. "Cut and run" is not a plan, and neither is "Starve the troops for funding.". "Get the French (or Germans, or Andorrans) involved" is a plan on the

level of "Fly to the moon by flapping your arms." It's not going to happen. Mind you, with the intifada on their streets every night, I think France is wishing they had sent some troops right about now, but they've committed too strongly to change course now.



The Democrats could have changed this at any point in the past three and a half years by getting real about their planning on the situation in Iraq. So as angry as I am that President Bush has let them go this long on a free pass, they have only themselves to blame that the effort does any damage. Kind of like a knight going into battle with no breastplate and a target on their chest.



Wars are not neat, clean surgical affairs. Not victorious ones, anyway. I had severe reservations before the invasion, mostly having to do with the American will to deal with extended conflicts of this nature, but I thought (and still think) the consequences of not invading were worse than the consequences of invading. Yes, there have been many mistakes made. This is a by-product of the fog of war. The next war in which even the victorious side makes no major mistakes will be the very first.



Meanwhile, terrorists are openly rooting for Democrats. The Right Place refers us to Mideast terror leaders to U.S.: Vote Democrat

Everybody has an opinion about next Tuesday's midterm congressional election in the U.S. - including senior terrorist leaders interviewed by WND who say they hope Americans sweep the Democrats into power because of the party's position on withdrawing from Iraq, a move, as they see it, that ensures victory for the worldwide Islamic resistance.

You want to know how stupid withdrawal is? The Islamics don't believe the Democrats would actually do it

Saadi stated, "Unfortunately I think those who are speaking about a withdrawal will not do so when they are in power and these promises will remain electoral slogans. It is not enough to withdraw from Iraq. They must withdraw from Afghanistan and from every Arab and Muslim land they occupy or have bases."

What would American withdrawal mean?

Jihad Jaara said an American withdrawal would "mark the beginning of the collapse of this tyrant empire (America)."

Unfortunately, I think I have to agree with him there. Why should anyone ally with us if we make a habit of leaving our allies high and dry? The US is the glue that holds the civilized world together. Without us, the world will fall piecemeal.



Q and O has more worthwhile information.



May the universe help us when the terrorists get to be as smart as "dumb" President Bush, who refused to endorse Joe Lieberman because it wouldn't help the Sentor with the people who were voting for the opposition.



Victor Davis Hanson has some perspective.



I have a theory about pre-election polls: They skew away from the party in power, as those who are disgruntled are more likely to want their voice heard. I've hung up on more than one of these idiots in the past week or so, and dozens of their even stupider kin, campaign telemarketers (I just don't have time to torture them mentally, the only worthwhile thing to do with either of them). The only poll that means anything is on Tuesday, November 7th. That's close enough, and I am patient enough, to be content waiting until then to get my answers. I happen to believe that we're likely to see two years of Speaker Pelosi, although not Majority leader Reid. I also happen to believe actual power-sharing with the Democrats in the session leading up to the 2008 elections will be a dream gift to any Republican with Presidential aspirations in that year. If I'm wrong on any of these beliefs, well, it won't shatter my world. We'll find out about the 2006 elections very soon. I can wait.