The War As We Saw It

Click onthe title of this post for a must read: seven U. S. servicemembers at the end of their tours in Iraq have written an opinion piece published in today's New York Times that won't sit well with the White House and the Pentagon. Here's a powerful excerpt:

In the end, we need to recognize that our presence may have released Iraqis
from the grip of a tyrant, but that it has also robbed them of their
self-respect. They will soon realize that the best way to regain dignity is to
call us what we are — an army of occupation — and force our withdrawal.
Until that happens, it would be prudent for us to increasingly let Iraqis
take center stage in all matters, to come up with a nuanced policy in which we
assist them from the margins but let them resolve their differences as they see
fit. This suggestion is not meant to be defeatist, but rather to highlight our
pursuit of incompatible policies to absurd ends without recognizing the
incongruities.

The "pursuit of incompatible policies to absurd ends without recognizing the incongruities"...sounds like Bush's entire presidency.

Jim