Any thoughts?kairos_nowNovember 4 2006, 01:06:19 UTC
We ought to be doing something different than we have been doing. We have done so many things wrong: Invading Iraq was a catastrophic mistake. But once we went into Iraq, we made one disastrous decision after another:
• We went unprepared and were unable to consolidate the objective and were unable to provide security in order to administer the country. • We went into Iraq with too few military forces. • We continue to be unable to administer the country and improve or even stabilize the functioning of government. • President Bush and his administration failed to develop a unified national will in the US regarding the war in Iraq. • We have not developed an effective regional plan that takes into consideration the neighboring nations realities. • We have created a environment of extreme and underserved suffering for the Iraqis. • We are approaching the equivalent of another 9/11 in terms of US human lives lost; we have exceeded 9/11 in terms of wounded. • We failed to reinforce success in Afghanistan and lost focus on Al-Qaeda.
These days I am coming to believe that what needs to be done is to develop a unified national will here at home that supports a plan coming from a unified government. The administration ought to take a page from Abraham Lincoln and appoint officials to the DoD, DoJ, NSC and Homeland Security that represent more than just the Republican neo-conservative base. Appointing a team that represent The People may be redemptive. Can any plan succeed that is not supported by a unified national will?
• We went unprepared and were unable to consolidate the objective and were unable to provide security in order to administer the country.
• We went into Iraq with too few military forces.
• We continue to be unable to administer the country and improve or even stabilize the functioning of government.
• President Bush and his administration failed to develop a unified national will in the US regarding the war in Iraq.
• We have not developed an effective regional plan that takes into consideration the neighboring nations realities.
• We have created a environment of extreme and underserved suffering for the Iraqis.
• We are approaching the equivalent of another 9/11 in terms of US human lives lost; we have exceeded 9/11 in terms of wounded.
• We failed to reinforce success in Afghanistan and lost focus on Al-Qaeda.
These days I am coming to believe that what needs to be done is to develop a unified national will here at home that supports a plan coming from a unified government. The administration ought to take a page from Abraham Lincoln and appoint officials to the DoD, DoJ, NSC and Homeland Security that represent more than just the Republican neo-conservative base. Appointing a team that represent The People may be redemptive. Can any plan succeed that is not supported by a unified national will?
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