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THE REALITIES OF WAR

By Schuyler Thorpe
Author and Political Activist

As the old saying goes, “I only have myself to blame”. I blame myself for voting in change and hopefully a change in course in this lopsided and increasingly lost war in Iraq.

Unfortunately, the realities of war said, “Hold on a minute! You want what again?”

A change in course?

Isn’t going to happen. At least that’s what the vulgarities in this mess is saying.

On Monday, top Democrats and some Republicans were saying that we don’t have enough troops to hold onto Iraq for an indefinite period of time. (That much is a given.) But the other shocker came when General Abizaid said that we don’t have enough troops available to triple our current troop levels.

So does that mean we can leave this nightmare and call it quits?

No.

Surprised?

Don't be.

The frankness of the quagmire Bush and his cadre of corrupt Republicans has put our nation in is this: We cannot win the war militarily, but the untenable situation in Iraq means that we can’t leave either.

What does this mean for our troops?

It mean’s that this is the worst corundrum ever construed by the human mind on an international stage. Essentially, we’ve gotten ourselves trapped in a situation with no real exit. Because with each turn we take, we essentially find ourselves staring at one dead end after another.

Like an infinity loop.

So regardless of what Democrats wish to do may not be realized either. And with Bush at the helm of the decision-making process, he’ll make darned sure that we stay stuck until the end of his term--then leave the mess for the next President to clean up. (Though he or she may not be able to deliver on all fronts then, either.)

The other thing which caught my attention was the comments that Abizaid said: “That the Iraqi government has at least 4-6 months to fix things before everything goes into a full blown civil war.” But many experts are already saying that this time has long since past--as Malaki's government is either unwilling or unable to contain the everspreading violence.

Whatever happens from this point forward, at least we know that we have the next 4-6 months free and clear before we all hear this from the Bush administration: “We didn’t anticipate that the war in Iraq would last this long.” (A play on the words Bush used after Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana in 2005.)

Schuyler Thorpe is an author, a political activist, and a frequent letter writer to The Everett Herald of Snohomish County. He can be reached at: starchildalpha1@yahoo.com

posted by Schuyler Thorpe @ 6:16 PM