Weather Forecast: Liberal Blizzard of Icy Air

The next twenty-four hours will be rich with poltical rhetoric as the screeching liberals scream for an exit strategy or redeployment from Iraq. Leading Democrats have been trying to pre-empt and upstage the President since last week. These hysterical liberals and their allies in the mainstream media will fail to point out that there was never an exit strategy in any of the successful wars of the twentieth century. In fact, the loyal opposition never asked for an exit strategy in World War II. The United States remains in Germany today, more than sixty years after the highly successful conclusion to that war.

My good friend, Kevin Hurley has a well stated comment on this blog worthy of printing in this blog post:

The American Left has been hysterically crying for an “exit plan” since the day we invaded Iraq. (Democrats have been about “cutting and running” since day one) But I have yet to hear one Democrat demand to know how the US plans to win. The truth is the Left does not want us to win. This strange obsession with an “exit plan” shows that Democrats are not serious with their criticism of the way the war has been managed. The final proof is that no democrat has been able to come up with any suggestion for what should be changed in order to win in Iraq. Running away from a difficult situation is a sign of poor character and cowardice.

Tom, please name for me any other war in American History where we went into it with an “exit plan”. The exit plan in every war, including Iraq and the War on Terror, is to kill the bad guys until they give up…and then go home. Do you think that Roosevelt knew how we were going to get out of WWII from Pearl Harbor? How about the Revolution, Washington knew from the beginning that France was going to enter the war at the 11th hour and help us defeat the British?

To answer your question above, No of course not…things have not gone as well as we had hoped for. I’m sure if given the chance the administration might change a few things. But, your question really doesn’t have anything to do with the problem we face today. We have to focus on what is the best for the situation as we find it now. The will be plenty of time to cry over spilled milk and lament that tragedies of war after we have tamed Iraq and are firmly established with our new military bases on Iran’s door step.

you say that a surge won’t help. Ok what then would help us win? Do you contend that Democrats want to WIN in Iraq? Their suggestions for what to do in Iraq (get out; redeploy; wave the white flag) will most assuredly lead to our defeat and a weakening of our position in the Middle East. Not to mention the sectarian violence will be allowed to explode when we leave before the Iraq Police and Army are capable of keeping it suppressed. If Democrats are so worried about the “millions” of Iraqis that have died supposedly due to our intervention in Iraq, shouldn’t they be able to see two feet in front of their redeployment strategy to see the chaos that would be unleashed if we left now with the Iraqi government in its fledgling condition.

Finally, you quoted my line about our new military bases which puts us in a stronger position to deal with Iran. After we finish the job in Iraq and have not only freed it free of tyrannical rule of Saddam, but have also brought it to a place of stability; surely we will not be perceived as occupiers. We will just be the US with new basing rights given to us by the Iraqi Government which will be happy to keep us around to deal with Iran. Do the Japanese consider us occupiers…Hell Murtha wants us to “redeploy” to Okinawa. Do the Germans consider us occupiers or how about the South Koreans? No. And we have been in those countries for 60 and 50 respectively.

God Bless George W. Bush and the United States of America.

Stop the ACLU has details Hot Air reveals that Teddy Kennedy still wants to cut and run now!