No End To Iraq

The only way we are going to approach a resolution to the war in Iraq is through an international conference of all interested parties.

Short of a total collapse like the Russian withdrawal from Afghanistan, no other result is possible.

Unlike Vietnam, there is no cohesive adversary ready to take possession of Iraq.

The fact that nobody either in government, the anti-war movement or the press has evolved to the point of even contemplating an international conference on Iraq shows how far we are from a resolution to the war.

From where we are now, the evolution of the Iraq war appears to be taking the following course:
• Ever-growing military morass
• Disarray in both the Republican and Democratic parties
• Possible military draft
• Grassroots domestic agitation against the war leading to popular reaction against the anti-war faction
• Increased police repression against anti-war elements
• Political collapse and precipitate withdrawal from Iraq

These events will take place not in a short span of time, but over the course of many years, allowing plenty of time for the pain to spread to every single American citizen. If history is any indication, we as a country will probably emerge from this painful process as clueless and naïve as we were when we started.

Thank you George W. Bush!

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Posted on 11/29/2005 ( Permanent Link )
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