[Night Hides Not]

I had to cringe at Huckabee's premise that what we did in Iraq was to "break it" so we "bought it". Sorry I wasn't impressed with nanny-state Huckabee's candy store illustration.

We "broke it" in the sense that Dubya allowed the rules of engagement to be politicized. Had the initial invasion been followed by the Petraeus Plan, Iraq would be much farther along the road to peace.

[P-Marlowe]

The illustration was really bad. If he wanted to make a better illustration he should have used the Chinese Proverb that when you save a man's life, you are then responsible for that life.

To say we "broke" Iraq is both inaccurate and demeaning to our troops. We saved Iraq from a monster. But in saving Iraq we are now responsible for ensuring that the life we saved is a life worth living.