“Are the republicans pointing their fingers at the democrats saying everything is their fault?”
Well, PD, you seem to be saying that everything (that is, not winning in Iraq, which is pretty much everything) is the liberal media’s and people like PC’s fault:
“We haven’t won in Iraq because our policy has been “niced up” in an attempt to appease people like PerryChase and the liberal press”
And you seem pretty anxious to avoid placing any blame:
“Whether or not we should have invaded is now moot. We are there. Since we don’t have a time machine, we need to be looking forward. What should we do now?”
So I guess my question should have been:
Why do you find the democrats’ finger pointing and anxious desire to deny any responsibility appalling, but you don’t find your own finger pointing and anxious desire to deny the republicans’ responsibility appalling?
The people who decided to “nice up” are policy are certainly to blame for caving under pressure (just as democrats who now claim they caved under pressure are responsible for their own actions). I do think it is true that our policy was designed in an attempt to appease people who were never going to be appeased. The fault, in the end, does lie with those who made the decision.
I do not think staying the course in the answer. Am I pointing a finger at democrats when I say that?
zk, I say that the question of whether or not we invaded is moot. This is pointing fingers? I think we need to look forward. You, however, seem anxious to rehash that issue and point fingers.
The democrats are, almost en masse, claiming they were dupes and that the entirety of our problems in Iraq lies squarely with the republicans.
When have I EVER claimed that the republicans have no responsibility? I have made it clear that I think we need to change our policy. If I were a party-line finger pointer, I would not be saying that.
Rumsfeld is gone already! Baker and company will now hand over Iraq to the Iranians. Terrorism was rewarded. Surrender will occur before the 2008 election. End of thread.
