"We'll continue to be flexible. And we'll make the changes necessary to
succeed. But there's one thing I'm not going to do: I'm not going to pull our
troops off the battlefield before the mission is complete,"
Darn tootin'! We are not going to pull our troops off the battlefield before the mission is complete. Now, because the readers of this blog are generally a lot smarter than me, I hope someone could enlighten me as to how will we know when the mission is complete. Is the mission written down somewhere where I can read it?
4 comments:
When is the mission complete? When Halliburton's stock splits, of course.
It's a counter insurgency war, so yes, it will not be like V-J day or landing on a carrier with a cool banner or something.
However, the current mission of the US forces is training the Iraqi army to do the job for itself. This is a measurable objective. The number of provinces handed over is a measurable objective - now is that being done well, or will it be done anytime soon? I don't know. But I might ask the same question of Clinton's policies...when will we be out of Bosnia and Kosovo? Did we have a timetable for those actions? How about Haiti? Was our "mission accomplished" there either?
Also, I really hate montage shows, you know, when the series need to take a break and they simply recycle scenes from old episodes into a "new" show.
If it's a measurable objective, then what are the measurements? How close are we?
The difference was that in Bosnia we went in with full world support and lots of support from locals. In Iraq we were in complete violation of international law, had no exit strategy, and most importantly, are getting our asses kicked.
Yeah, the difference between Clinton and Bush is the difference between a internationally supported legal success and an internationally condemned criminal failure. When are you guys going to be able to locate that difference?
BTW, the end of the Bosnia mission was in 2004, as WaPo notes.
Michael
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