Iraq: a glimmer of hope

[ajrose93]

93!

Hey, beats "Iraq: boy, are we #$%ed," hunh? ;)

The glimmer I have in mind is neither the President's current short-term escalation gamble, nor yet the efforts of the Democratic House and Senate to put some limits on the conflict. Instead, I have in mind the belated attempts by the non-elected, permanent government -- military, intelligence,

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[usha93]

AJ, 93.

I'm not as hopeful about Petraeus as I know some folks are. He's very intelligent, sure; he's an expert about certain aspects of the VietNam conflict, yup; he's actually been in Iraq for the past couple years, most def. In some ways, I think of him as the Barack Obama of the Iraq war -- smart, well spoken, a "breath of fresh air," but without pertinent experience, and (in spite of the publicity he receives), still something of an unknown quantity.

He says a lot of the "right" things, but I'm thinking that may have more to do with his long years of experience as right-hand-guy to various four-stars -- he succeeded because he did know what to say, to make himself and (probably more importantly) his superior officer, look good.

I do have certain bigotries against certain folks, due less to public evidence of their incompetence or malfeasance, because I've got a sister in the FS for the State Department, who is also "on the ground" in various third-world, impoverished, and war-torn locations. The State Dept. folks who

[ajrose93]

93, Usha! :D

[ajrose93]

93

Re: More cynical than thou

[ajrose93]

93