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• Friday, January 12, 2007 08:16 AM

  Things I'd like to believe

  I'd like to believe:

  1. that Dubya and his advisors truly believe that Iraq is THE CENTRAL FRONT in the Global War on Terrorism;

  2. that Iraq truly IS this central front in the GWOT;

  2. that it's even possible to wage a military war on a TACTIC like terrorism, and that it's the best choice to do so;

  3. that Dubya et al. clearly recognize the long-term global consequences of our presence in Iraq;

  4. that Dubya et al. fully understand the effects on our military personnel and their families resulting from this war;

  5. and finally, that there actually is a "Plan B", just in case "Plan A" (this 20,000+ "surge") does NOT work.

  Bottom line, I'd LIKE to believe all these things, but I don't. There needs to be some basis beyond pure trust and pure faith. A majority of Americans simply find nothing but complete trust and blind faith to rely on with this President, and it's no longer enough.

  My God, NO ONE with a grain of sense ever wanted failure in Iraq. At some point, though, isn't there only one rational thing to do -- to take the helm from the captain who's driven you onto the rocks repeatedly? We look derisively at the $210 million golden parachute of Home Depot's ousted CEO -- maybe that's money well spent to get rid of their failed leader!

  Hmmm, what would it take to get the CEO of the United States to go into early retirement in Crawford, TX? Just asking...

  —RichEmery Read RichEmery's other letters
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