My long silence in this forum due to depression and disgust. Re: the war, things stand no better today than in March. So much for the Democratic cavalry that came charging over the hill last November.
Could I grow any more weary of hearing politicians say that the problem with the war was mistakes made at its inception? Like saying a gang rape could have gone a lot better if not for the fuck ups at the start. This war has been criminal since its conception. Criminal and stupid.
We continue to fetishize our mighty military. What's the point in repeating that we have the most powerful military in the world if that military is impotent in the face of this kind of insurgency? How many more of our soldiers need to get blown to pieces by IEDs, how many more fall the victims of snipers -- and how many more innocent Iraqi families die at our checkpoints -- before we recognize this impotence?
Iraq is faced with giant problems, but these are obviously not problems the American military can solve. Let's get out of there.
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