Giblets understands. Murtha, he explains, is nothing but a crybaby.
Foolish Murtha! If we leave Iraq now we will be losing right in front of the terrorists. That means Osama bin Laden will think we’re a bunch of pussies! Giblets can take a lot of insults to his dignity but he can’t take Musab al Zarqawi callin’ him chicken during Iraqi gym class ’cause John P. Murtha won’t let him fight!
The only thing to do is for America to stay the course and remain in Iraq for the next five to twelvezenteen years, until either our resources are depleted or we have been chased from the roof of the American embassy in the middle of a full-blown civil war. That is the kind of blood-curdling, explosively crippling losingdom that terrorists can stand back and admire!
Fafblog has outdone itself. (Not an easy task.)
bill | 19-Nov-05 at 4:11 pm | Permalink
Richard,
The scary thing about this is that civil war may well be a necessary part of building a true democracy from scratch. Perhaps the attempt to build one without civil war is noble enough to try it again and again. But we must recognize when we’ve reached the point of diminishing returns. We are past that point now.
Furthermore, for as long as we stay, and not matter how noble our efforts, we influence the political outcome in ways that must be worked out later—potentially in another civil war.
Although I’m not a fan of John Kerry, I do believe that his voice, along with others like McCain’s and Murtha’s should be honored well above those who never went to war. On the other hand, those voices with potential economic or political motives should be ignored. In fact, voices like these may be the only true voices.
bill