by Paul Frank

I share Mr. Grossman's reservations about our government's commitment to ending the war in Iraq. Of course, what could one expect when a country commences hostilities against another using the most scantily clad reasons. (Can you say Poland, 1938?)

To many, the Persian Gulf War in 1991 was a just cause. Then President George H W Bush got it right. He built a "real" coalition, fulfilled the UN mandate and got out of Dodge. He knew the American War Machine was designed to go in, take real estate, get a surrender, then a group hug.

When asked why he didn't go to Bagdad and take out Saddam, he rightly predicted that it would create instability both in and out of Iraq and then American forces would be bogged down there forever. (Hey Dubya, ya shoulda listened to yer ol'man!)

If this current President Bush would have spent his time in the military serving in Viet Nam instead of going AWOL from Air National Guard duty, he might have had an appreciation of what a debacle a military foreign incursion would be! We are told by our illustrious leadership in Washington that we will stay in Iraq until "Victory is achieved". (?)

Ok, I'll ask..."Teacher, how do we know when we ...won?" Are we going to expect to see al Qaida sitting at the table in Versailles or onboard the USS Missouri signing surrender documents?

I want tickets for that.

All that is happening and all that is going to happen is this administration continuing to sacrifice America's young men and women to buy time long enough to get out of office before this house of cards falls. President Bush knows it's a failed policy but he don't want to be the one to say it.

If he doesn't comprehend what's going on, he should turn to his Yale history book under chapter...SAIGON - 1965/1975...TO GET A CLUE! Unfortunately, some unlucky president is eventually going to have to pull a Gerald Ford and yank all the troops out irregardless of the political consequences.

A political suicide...but a very courageous one at that.

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