[gotribe]

No there are not any iraqis. Only tribes and sects of a fallen idol. It’s not a modern society.

[Bahbah]

The Washington Post reports that a body with a bullet hole in the front of the skull is considered a victim of criminality; a hole in the back of the skull is evidence of sectarian violence.

Petraeus was asked about this yesterday and said plainly this is not true. This is very sloppy on the part of Will. Taking "evidence" from the media is not wise, and George Will so very much wants to be thought of as wise.

Then again, maybe he is so anxious to prove his point that he doesn't care if he uses facts to do it.

[q_an_a]

I love how the elite East Coast writers like will and NRO think they are so smart when what they really are is smug. They miss the point that 911 is not about nuclear or WMD but about a bunch of crazy people that can’t get along with each other and they want to kill us too. We are now in their countries and we will make sure that they stay out of our. We are giving them a visual picture of what will happen if they do something foolish on our soil again.

[penelopesire]

A silly piece by George Will imho. He even parrots a proven leftist lie told by the WP about the bullet holes, etc.
That was struck down by Petreaus and Corker yesterday during the report to Congress.

[JennysCool]

More significant, however, was the fact that the president did not visit Baghdad.

A FReeper predicted the other day that this argument would appear in the MSM, noting that if the President had gone to Baghdad, he would be criticized for not going to Anbar. There's no satisfying the neo-press in their endless, juvenile game of "gotcha."

[Smartaleck]

“More significant, however, was the fact that the president did not visit Baghdad. This underscored the fact that the surge has failed, as measured by the president’s and Petraeus’ standards of success.”

Can anyone figure out what the hell he means by this?

Bush has already been to Baghdad twice and, according to the WH, went to the other city to underscore the surge’s success in a Sunni stronghold.

[Mad Dawg]

Will has got a bee in his bonnet.

The answer is, who cares?

More precisely, it's a technical question, whatever it is in that area, nation or arbitrary boundaries drawn around barbaric tribes, we neutralize it, enlist it, or garrison it. I agree with Dubya that deep down under that filthy crust of Islamic barbarism there's a hunger for freedom and responsibility. But feeding that hunger can wait if it must. We have to defeat this enemy decisively or we are toast -- and all the code pinks, and Democratic senators and arrogant adolescents in need of a strong dose of reality will be bowing toward Mecca or pushing up daisies.

[wildbill]

One thing to keep in mind about Will. He is the original hater of all things Bush aka Bush Derangement Syndrome.

Going back all the way to Bush senior, Will has never had a good thing to say about the Bush family.

I don’t know what caused this Bush Derangement Syndrome in Will. Possibly he was ‘dissed’ in his younger years or failed to get a job in Bush I administration.

[Dilbert56]

Of course if the President had, once again, flown into Baghdad, twits like Will would castigate him for staying in the “Green Zone”. If he walked the streets they would say his security detail was too large, like when Senator McCain went.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

PING to George Will.

Personally, I hope we win. If the government then falls apart after we leave, then there may really be no hope for them.