Posted 10/26/2005 05:36:00 PM by Douglas

Three years later, and what has been accomplished? It would appear from this piece from Rummy himself that the administration is on the ropes:

Fortunately, history is not made up of daily headlines, blogs on Web sites or the latest sensational attack. History is a bigger picture, and it takes some time and perspective to measure accurately.

[. . . ] {And yes, I cut out the part where he talks about electing puppet governments, new roads and smiling puppies 'cause I'm not buying it.}

Though there are those who will never be convinced that the cause in Iraq is worth the costs, anyone looking realistically at the world today -- at the terrorist threat we face -- can come to only one conclusion: Now is the time for resolve, not retreat.

Consider that if we retreat now, there is every reason to believe Saddamists and terrorists will fill the vacuum -- and the free world might not have the will to face them again. Turning our backs on postwar Iraq today would be the modern equivalent of handing postwar Germany back to the Nazis. It would be as great a disgrace as if we had asked the liberated nations of Eastern Europe to return to Soviet domination because it was too hard or too tough or we didn't have the patience to work with them as they built free countries.

Wow, just wow. I thought the Hussein = Hitler was played out from Gulf War I with Shurb 41. They must be getting desperate if they're trotting that one out again.