Thank God I was watching the Patriots defeat the Chargers (and then the Ducks defeat the Wildcats), so I blissfully missed having to watch the President moviing his lips last night on "60 Minutes." But for what it's worth, I think someone needs to explaino to our fearless leader that this war is not a football game, and that his half-time pep-talk rhetoric is starting to sound a little stale.
I understand that the President has gotten our nation into a tough spot in Iraq. Like his father, I understood it before it even started, and said so out loud at the time. But lets face facts, this time the Supreme Court isn't able to give him a "do over." And more of the same is only going to dig us deeper and deeper into the same old hole.
Abu Ghraib was a mistake. "Bring it On" was a mistake. Great. I'm supposed to feel REASSURED because the President finally understands this? This whole war was a mistake; this whole Presidency has been one long mistake -- and just so there's no misunderstanding on this point, Mr Bush is not going to be able to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in Iraq with a long, Hail Mary pass or a last-second field goal.
Rather, he somehow needs to understand that he's been playing bin Laden's game from the moment he decided that this was a "War on Terror," and that the path to "victory" was to "get tough" and fight fire with fire.
Mr President, if Karl Rove taught you nothing, he should have at least helped you see that you can't win a pissing match with a skunk. You will never defeat Al Queda on their own terms, because they will ALWAYS be willing to go one step further than we are.
And the mistake is not refusing to take the next step.
The mistake was taking the first one....
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