Lou Dobbs -- yes, Andy, I sometimes watch him -- had General
Grange on yesterday to comment on Iraq. Dobbs set him up
before the break by stating, "and next we'll have a general
tell us that we're winning." When the general came on, Dobbs
asked him something to the effect of why generals aren't
fried if they don't produce results.
General Grange had a brief outburst that seemed to surprise
Dobbs. He said, "Half of the country seems to want us to
lose this war! Why do we want to lose this war? We can win
it if we want to."
It was remarkable. I found myself cheering for Grange. Dobbs
too had a nod of recognizing a true statement, smiling and
shaking his head in agreement.
Yeah not a bad idea. Fight to win. Put the entire army in
Iraq. Close the borders. Impose a news blackout. Kill all
the militia, from the leadership down unless they disarm.
Round up all the unemployed males and put them in stockades
for a year or so, allowing them to go out on work details to
rebuild. Give it a year and if it doesn't work, leave.
When you consider how ineptly the invasion was handled from
the beginning, with not enough troops to win and just enough
troops to lose ... one thinks Grange may have been an
optimist in asserting that half of the country wants us to
lose, that Bush & Co. also wanted us to lose.
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