I’m changing my mind about Iraq

So, I’ve decided that my previous statement on Iraq, while morally is the correct thing to do, I do not believe the Bush Administration has the political skills to solve this situation.

Simply put the Bush Administration is strongest when they’re using the tool of fear. In fact, a nice subtitle for the Bush Administration would be “The Rein of Fear”. The administration’s positions this week, as detailed in The New York Times make clear that the only political tool the administration seems willing to use is fear. In the article the current administration simply said to the Iraqi government, get your shit together or we’ll be forced (by congress) to leave. This is akin to me walking into your house, setting it on fire, then handing you a fire hose without enough pressure and saying put the fire out or we’ll leave.

This is morally repugnant.

However even more morally repugnant is sending Young American men and women who have even less ability than the Iraqi people to politically correct the situation in Iraq.

Even further more morally repugnant is playing political games with our troops by sending more of them therefore attempting to end any debate on the future of Iraq by tying Congress’s hands.