Decision ‘08

Bob Herbert - It’s A Quagmire, I Tell You!

Perhaps attempting to fill the void left by fellow hack MoDo, whose sabbatical mercifully continues, intensely partisan New York Times whiner Bob Herbert assures us that Iraq is, what else, a quagmire. In fact, he manages to use the word quagmire four (4) times in his latest column. In case you missed the point, here’s his conclusion:

Whether one agreed with the launch of this war or not - and I did not [no fooling? Who could have guessed?] - the troops doing the fighting deserve to be guided by leaders in Washington who are at least minimally competent at waging war. That has not been the case, which is why we can expect to remain stuck in this tragic quagmire for the foreseeable future.

This is the kind of nonsense that is now a bigger threat to our success than conditions on the ground. Defeatism on the home front must be mercilessly fought, tooth and nail; we are winning, we will win, and Bob Herbert’s in desperate need of an attitude adjustment…

2 Responses to “Bob Herbert - It’s A Quagmire, I Tell You!”

1 Paul Deignan Says:
June 30th, 2005 at 9:33 pm
The test of these claims is to ask, “What would you do better?”

If they say, “More troops”. Then we would like to know where and how many?

There is one good criticism however. Why are we not building up the Iraqi forces faster? There are plenty of recruits wiling to work for pay. We could even raise the pay if necessary.

Why also do we let recruits go one leave unarmed? That was a stupid move.

Yes, Bush could be doing better. However, currently the Dems are not the source of the solution–just more problems. For our part, we should be open about offering our constructive criticism of policy (not troop performance). The second greatest problem with the Dem whining is that it tends to suck all the oxygen out of the room. Let’s have some fresh air.
2 Mark Says:
July 1st, 2005 at 12:00 am
No doubt there are things we could do better; but to say we are losing is to show a fundamental misunderstanding of what the goal is…constructive criticism, yes; blanket condemnation, no thank you…