Good Call

The Senate votes down a resolution calling for a definitive time for U.S. Forces to quit Iraq. Thinking like this could cause mass outbreaks of sensibility elsewhere (I hope... oh please oh please oh please...)!

It does not take a genius to figure out that a definitive date for pullout will drive the terrorists (note that I did not say 'insurgents') to ground where they will bide their time until the big dog goes away. At that point, the little dog will get the full fury unleashed all at once.

We stay until the little dog grows big enough to take care of itself. Now, that's some good thinking.

What still distresses me, though, is that call for Bush to explain his exit strategy. I guess the good Senator Frist and others were not in class that day... oh, I'm sorry, I meant days. How many times has the President stated the goals of security and sovereignty for Iraq or of the complete removal of the Baathist regime? How many times has he said that we will not leave until those are accomplished to some major degree? We are at one down, two to go, folks! We are well on our way to Iraqi sovereignty, but not there yet. The President has repeatedly and clearly stated our exit strategy and it's not his fault if nobody was paying attention.

When there is a job to done, you can't quit at 5PM because you got there at 9AM... you can only quit when you are finished with your assigned tasks. I'll beat this drum until everyone understands that.