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Everywhere the media, Democrats and even a significant number of Republicans are challenging the latest administration onslaught against opponents of the Iraq War. The president and his gang characterize those who disagree with them as weak, appeasers, unpatriotic, stupid and worse. Since the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Democrats and media questioners of the war have been beaten into reluctant retreat and submission, but this time it’s not working. Why?

There are dozens of theories but I’ll share mine - which is not unique. Simply stated, the president’s arguments on Iraq simply don’t make sense and more and more voters can no longer be swayed by Bush’s demands that he be trusted with the nation’s future. Beyond no WMD, no al Qaeda/Saddam connection, we’ll be welcomed with open arms, democracy can be imposed by us, and all of the June is busting out all over rhetoric about how good things really are in Baghdad, I won’t bore you with all of the propaganda that has proven to be false or far less than accurate.

The limp strand of spaghetti the president is currently pushing up the long steep hill boils down to: Iraq is the central stage for the world’s war on terror and we must stay the course. The course to be stayed is that we will stand down in Iraq as soon as the security forces of the Iraqi government are ready to take over.

The president proclaims that Iraqis must take over their own national security before the U.S. and its coalition allies can draw down their forces. That sounds impressive until an examination of what that simple declaration means is undertaken. The undeniable logic of Mr. Bush’s policy is that Iraq is now (sure mistakes were made but regardless of how it came about) the center of the civilized world’s battle against Islamic Fascism. Further, as soon as the less than stalwart forces of the horribly divided society and government of Iraq has enough physical clout at its disposal to stop the sectarian violence and turn its attention to the al Qaeda terrorists operating in the country, we’ll stand down.

The stated policy position of the president is that when the wobbly government in Baghdad is ready to face down Sunni and Shiite insurgents, the U.S. will stand down in the central battle ground in the war against terror and delegate the outcome of the central battle to save the United States and all civilization to the rag tag security forces that the weak Iraqi government and we are cobbling together in Baghdad. As soon as the Mahdi Army is nationalized, the world will be safe from international terrorism.

This is the logic that no longer moves America. Where’s the beef?

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Wild Bill