Well, actually longer than lately...

To be honest, it has been on my mind a lot.

I wonder sometimes how the biggest supporters of the war can stomach what has happened to Iraq? I have noticed there has been a decided downturn to the rah rah comments about how, "much better," things are for the average Iraqi.

I have also noticed that the Conservatives have quieted down with the rhetoric about how many Iraqis died under the Hussien regime, as the civilian death toll continues to mount in Iraq. Iraq is a disaster.

There is no other way to put it, and painting it as anything but is at best disingenuous, and at worst dishonest. The saber rattling about Iran in recent weeks, is cause for further concern, as we are stretched far too thin already, and yet the most vocal advocates of the war and of attacking Iran, are the least likely to make anything more than a symbolic contribution to it's success.

I wont go with the yellow elephant meme today, as it arouses to much righteous indignation from the right and frankly clouds the argument.

I have never supported this war, but I have said as a matter of principle that we can not leave Iraq in a state of Civil War... A state which despite semantic arguments, by most accounts exist today. Today, I question my own logic as it would seem that without major change in policy, and probably personnel... That this war will continue to grind on, and Iraqis will continue to suffer.

I don't have any real answers... I am neither an expert in warfare, nor foreign policy. The only thing I can say for sure is that rhetoric will not solve the massive problems facing Iraq, or win the war. Maybe some of those geniuses on the Right, who are so sure of victory, SHOULD sign up...

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