This is the good part,...(he calls the U.S. war in Iraq a dream come true for Osama bin Laden, saying, “Bin Laden saw the invasion of Iraq as a Christmas gift he never thought he’d get.” )
Somehow the metaphor just doesn't fit.
The message is sound however.
While the invasion of Iraq was probably justified given the available intelligence. The prosecution of this war is a distraction from the accomplishment of the stated objective.
Our forces are overextended in their current capacity as "peace keepers, Democracy providers, civil engineers and police.
The Army is supposed to be an overwhelming bringer of death and destruction. Once again, the military is being misused so not to offend delicate political sensibilities.
Maybe we should withdraw and turn the entire stinking cesspool over to the Kurds to do with as they see fit.
The Iraqis will not be ready for a western style democracy as long as the Mullahs continue to rule the region with their particular brand of western hating monotheism. Furthermore, as long as the US is around to be a useful scapegoat on which to blame their shortcomings, there will always be Arab terrorists to kill. Sounds like a never-ending mission to me.
Instead of wasting our time trying to convince the Iraqis to set up the 51st state on their own, we should announce a plan to seal the borders with a 50 mile wide free fire zone, use the Kurds to root out the existing insurgents, pipe their oil to Texas and use the second largest oil reserve in the world (which we now own by right of conquest) to knock the Saudi's down a peg or two in the world market.
We are the only superpower in the world, it's time we got this job done and got back to what we do best, making stuff, and lots of it!!!
I’m Grumpy, and I wrote this message….