Comments on: Bushs Final Exam http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/08/bushs-final-exam/ The WGMD 92.7 FM Delmarva Blog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:42:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: RonR http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/08/bushs-final-exam/#comment-452 RonR Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:51:03 +0000 http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/08/bushs-final-exam/#comment-452 Yes, Perry it is a grim picture; this war, Delaware under water in 93 years, The Atkins incident and Rte 1 Expansion. That is why I'm for allowing smoking again in restaurants and bars, not only allowing it, but encouraging it and expanding it to hospitals, schools, nursing homes, even to churches, temples and mosques. Yes, Perry it is a grim picture; this war, Delaware under water in 93 years, The Atkins incident and Rte 1 Expansion. That is why I’m for allowing smoking again in restaurants and bars, not only allowing it, but encouraging it and expanding it to hospitals, schools, nursing homes, even to churches, temples and mosques.

]]> By: Perry http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/08/bushs-final-exam/#comment-441 Perry Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:59:04 +0000 http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/01/08/bushs-final-exam/#comment-441 President Bush has come up with a plan that has one feature that is good: The onus is now on Maliki and his government to put up or we draw our forces down. In other words, this is an exit strategy, for a change. And Maliki has less than a year to demonstrate that his people can begin to provide their own security. This then is a political solution pressured by additional US military help to create the conditions for it. Bush's problem is that it may be too little to late. Too late, because the insurgency has magnified so much in the last year. Too late, because the American people are past tired at seeing no significent positive results following the downfall of Saddam. Too late because of the terrible things like torture, rendering, and unlawful detaining of captives over the almost four year period. Moreover, Bush's plan did not involve new diplomatic initiatives with Iran and Syria, key players in the region. The political climate for support of this "escalation" does not appear to be present here either, though we must wait to see the polls. The National Guard, which has furnished almost 50% of the combat troops, will be called on once more to step forward. The push back of their families, as in this mornings front page News-Journal article, will also be a factor for the Bush people to reckon with. Thus Bush has chosen a risky policy to put forward. It will happen, because the Congress, Dems and GOP alike, do not have the will or the power to stop him; therefore we will have to see what happens in Iraq in 2007 with this latest Bush initiative put into place. The tragedy of this Bush Iraq War will therefore continue, in terms of violence and lost lives, as Bush himself warned in his speech. I wonder whether we will ever recover from this; if so, it is going to take many decades, during which global warming might overtake us all anyway. What a grim picture of the future; but then, is this the reality we face. We must act now to help get our globe on track!!! President Bush has come up with a plan that has one feature that is good: The onus is now on Maliki and his government to put up or we draw our forces down. In other words, this is an exit strategy, for a change. And Maliki has less than a year to demonstrate that his people can begin to provide their own security.

This then is a political solution pressured by additional US military help to create the conditions for it.

Bush’s problem is that it may be too little to late. Too late, because the insurgency has magnified so much in the last year. Too late, because the American people are past tired at seeing no significent positive results following the downfall of Saddam. Too late because of the terrible things like torture, rendering, and unlawful detaining of captives over the almost four year period.

Moreover, Bush’s plan did not involve new diplomatic initiatives with Iran and Syria, key players in the region.

The political climate for support of this “escalation” does not appear to be present here either, though we must wait to see the polls.

The National Guard, which has furnished almost 50% of the combat troops, will be called on once more to step forward. The push back of their families, as in this mornings front page News-Journal article, will also be a factor for the Bush people to reckon with.

Thus Bush has chosen a risky policy to put forward. It will happen, because the Congress, Dems and GOP alike, do not have the will or the power to stop him; therefore we will have to see what happens in Iraq in 2007 with this latest Bush initiative put into place.

The tragedy of this Bush Iraq War will therefore continue, in terms of violence and lost lives, as Bush himself warned in his speech. I wonder whether we will ever recover from this; if so, it is going to take many decades, during which global warming might overtake us all anyway.

What a grim picture of the future; but then, is this the reality we face. We must act now to help get our globe on track!!!

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