Posted by
Raven on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 9:14:19 PM
To: Democratic lawmakers in D.C.
Re: Iraq
A great deal has been said on both sides of the Iraq issue.
It has gotten to the point where a concerned citizen like myself has a
difficult time making sense of things. I would like to take this opportunity to
perhaps clarify things a bit.
It is well established your opposition to the war in Iraq,
(even though you gave the authorization for it to happen) so there is no need
to clarify that. However there are a few points that do seem a bit vague to me.
Much has been made of your apparent desire for the war to be
unsuccessful, or even being accused of appearing unpatriotic. To many this is a
serious accusation. Perhaps a few simple questions will put these accusations
to rest.
In a military operation there can be only three outcomes:
Victory, Defeat or Stalemate. Though the third can be turned into one of the
others.
You say that our efforts are doomed, they are a failure, and
so my first question to you is quite simple.
What is the Democratic definition of a U. S. victory in
Iraq? (Given the above premise of possible outcomes one can assume it is the
first of these that is desired by Democrats.)
This should be a simple question to answer, at least without
the usual rhetoric. I don’t mean the usual ‘troops out now’ things we usually
hear. In your mind a situation must exist for the U.S. to be achieve victory in
Iraq. I do not mean a political victory for the Democratic Party.
Regardless of your feelings as to why we are there the point
is, like it or not, we are. Therefore it is incumbent upon the U.S. to do
whatever it can to succeed. After all is that not what America has been known
for? Why else would we be the first country looked to for help by other
countries if they did not think we could do whatever is necessary to get
something done?
So my question once more is, what is the Democratic
definition of a U.S. victory in Iraq?
A follow up question would be what are you planning to do to
assist the military in achieving this version of victory?
One can only assume with the amount of military expertise
that resides in the halls of Congress that a well-formed plan is currently
being formulated. It was quite apparent from the hearings with Gen. Petraeus
that the members of Congress are just as knowledgeable in military matters as a
Four-Star General.
I am sure that somehow the Congress and the Administration a
plan can be formed to assure a U.S. victory in Iraq. After all we are all
Americans so it stands to reason we all would want America to succeed right?
My final question is in regards to the perceived image of
the U.S.
Talk has been made of how this war has damaged the
reputation around the world. My question then is this.
What sort of image would be presented to the world if we
simply left Iraq without any form of victory?
Would this not show the world that America is easily cowed
by those opposed to it? What would the opinion of the U.S. be then if we left
Iraq and all that we have been warned about occurring in just such an event in
fact came true? (Extreme blood shed, Iran filling the void, etc)
I am sure there are honest answers to all these questions
and I and my fellow Americans look forward to hearing them.
Signed,
A concerned citizen.