Having complimented the Washington Post earlier today on one its editorials, it’s time to go back on the attack, a task made all too easy by today’s effusion, “Good Sense on Iraq: At last, a Bush administration defense secretary listens to his commanders.”
Like everyone else defending the War in Iraq, the Post is busily redefining “the Surge.” The Surge was sold to us as a way to give the Iraqis one good, final chance to get their act together, free from terrorist attacks and harassment, by temporarily heightened U.S. troop strength and activity, with the emphasis on “temporarily.”
According to the Post, “the progress since last summer has been remarkable.” So remarkable, in fact, that the Post wants to continue the Surge. As it turns out, the Surge wasn’t so much a surge as it was a troop increase, sort of a permanent one, as a matter of fact. Because no one can predict the future, right?
What about the Iraqis? You know, the ones who were supposed to take over once the Surge was done? Well, the Post seems to have forgotten about them. What’s important is that the Surge is a success, as long as you define “success” as “having more than 100,000 U.S. troops in Iraq on a permanent basis.” When you’ve got a good thing going, why quit?
