Reminder
You won't have read much about Iraq in these pages lately, and I am not going to write at length about it now. This is only a link to The Light of Reason, where Arthur Silber responds to today's news about the warcast. I am in complete agreement with Mr Silber's opinion that no progress toward peace will be made in Iraq until American troops are vacated.
What to do? Somewhat counterintuitively, I think that the only useful tactic now is to press legislators to restore the draft, in the name of national security. Progressive voters ought to do what can be done to expose the Administration's incompetence in national security affairs. Our armed services increasingly overstretched, we may, it has been predicted, have to reinstate the draft if we are still in Iraq next year. There's a message there. Press it.
Comments
Bravo, RJ. If you watch Bill Maher or read editorials by smart people, you come down on the side of confusion at this juncture. I am grateful for a clear-eyed opinion, backed by thorough reading, wisdom, and a knowledge of history which all readers on this site may not even appreciate. As with many negotiations and decisions in life, by either individuals or states, success may be determined more in how a given strategy is pursued than which one. Here, I feel more than a little pessimism. The prospect of D. James Kennedy reclaiming (again?)America for Christ and claiming (for the first time?) the constitionality of closing the gap between church and state was a chilling entry on Terry Gross's Fresh Air yesterday, in case any of you missed it.
Posted by: Susan | May 19, 2005 11:38 AM