Amazing, the loose coalition formally known as the Republican Party is slowing corroding and falling into disrepair. Formed of social conservatives, fiscal conservatives, and security conservatives the party previously owned and controlled by the social conservatives has been hijacked by the so called neo-conservatives.
The religious fringe of the Republican Party started out being tolerated by the rest of the party, then courted by them and now it seems they are demanding the affections of a party that has simply lost interest in them.
Dick Cheney, in 1994, made it clear that he was completely against going into Iraq for exactly all the reasons we are now stuck in the middle of the worst mistake this country has ever made.
The Republicans thought they knew Dick, but as it turns out … not so much.
What do you want to bet that the Republican candidates all made just a little bit of pee in their pants when they heard that ‘Lil George was going to be paying a visit to South Carolina to shore up support among Republicans? With friends like George supporting your party who needs Democrats to trash talk it? This is the same Bush that went around the country selling the same message just before the midterm elections and voters didn’t buy then either.
Every time Bush opens his mouth about Iraq, 70% of Americans scream at their TVs, “What part of YOU WERE WRONG does The President not get”? He was wrong about WMD, he was wrong not to send enough troops to secure Iraq after the fall of Baghdad, he was wrong to disband the Iraqi army weapons in toe, he was wrong to order the army to drive right by munitions caches on their way to Baghdad, and right now - this very minute - George W. Bush is wrong when he says staying in Iraq will keep America safer.
Staying in Iraq is making America more exposed. Our military is stretched to the breaking point, the troops are not rested and the President is oblivious to all of this. With our troops out of Iraq we could concentrate on a three-point plan to make America in fact safer:
Implement real counter terrorism measures here at home.
Move more forces into Afghanistan and Pakistan and take off the head of al Qaeda – the real al Qaeda, not the one in Mesopotamia.
Bring our National Guard home with the equipment needed to help Americans in disasters and to help secure our southern boarder.
Instead, our troops are stuck in Donald Rumsfeld’s “long hard slog” going nowhere and accomplishing nothing. Well, they are acting as great recruiting agents for al Qaeda, Hezbolah and Hamas. Leaving Iraq to the Iraqis to sort out would make for a better Iraq and a safer America.
Leaving George W. Bush at home and out of South Carolina would make for easier campaigning for Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney and John McCain.
