"Do You Want the Us to Win?" is the question. It was used most recently by Bill O'Reilly on David Letterman and Lynne Cheney on Wolf Blitzer. Used by them, it's clearly an attack. A question of patriotism. An insincere way to divert attention from an uncomfortable inability to account for the bumbling ineptitude shown by the Republican leadership in Iraq and elsewhere, to a question of loyalty and an indirect, or
direct accusation in the case of Cheney, of enabling the enemy.
As for me. Yes. I do want us to win. Question is, does Lynne Cheney and Bill O'Reilly?
Lynne and Bill and people like them are the ones supporting this administration's dangerous strategic incompetence in the conflict against terrorism. They are the ones supporting an administration who decided the best way to win in the battle against terrorism, was to divert critical resources to Iraq while neglecting to follow through in Afghanistan.
Rather than concentrating on bringing to justice and defeating the actual organizations and perpetrators of the attack on our country, this administration instead decided to break up Iraq, a country not involved in attacking us, and allow Shiite Muslim extremists the chance of a lifetime. Suddenly after being disenfranchised in Iraq for decades, Shiites now have a chance, to not only have a political voice, but might very well come away with Iraq altogether. That's right, the very same Islamic sect that is supporting terrorism and radical Islamic fundamentalism benefited from this administration's decision to go into Iraq.
This unbelievable blunder in foreign policy, which can only be explained by a willful ignorance of Islamic politics, and mindboggling naivete, has enabled terrorism, not damaged it. Bush effectively delivered to Iran a princely gift. He eliminated Iran's most critical immediate strategic concern, Saddam and a Sunni controlled Iraq, and allowed Iran to influence Iraqi politics through the Shia majority dominating Southern Iraq. In addition, Iraq provided a recruitment and training ground for terrorists and diverted resources from Afghanistan. In fact, it can be argued that Iraq has been the single most important event in the bolstering of radical Muslim extremism and support of terrorism in the region.
Clearly our strategy must change and given the mess delivered to us by the Republican leadership in the administration and the blank check provided by the Republican controlled congress, it will be no easy task to clean it up and get back on track. The first step though is to remove the incompetent fools who got us in that position in the first place.
So, I'm asking Bill and Lynne, the very same question they ask of others. And I ask the American public.
Do you want us to win? If the answer is yes, then for the sake of the country don't support the same inept, blundering fools that are losing the fight against terrorism. To win we need people in there that will provide a sane, rational strategy not more strategic blunders and foolish naivety that enable terrorism not combat it.
CNN isn't enabling or supporting terrorism by reporting the news, as Lynne Cheney accuses. People like Lynne Cheney and Bill O'Reilly are by supporting failed leadership and failed policy.