Outstanding rebuttal by a light colonel on the ground in Baghdad.
Buckley was a bit of a conservative icon for me when I was in my college years. I read his columns for years after that. It is sad to see him so out of touch. Of course, he would certainly say that I am the one that is clueless, but I'll take the L.C.'s read over Buckley any day.
I disagree.
This is an exceptional outstanding rebuttal.
"Why abandon success just because the enemy and the anti-war crowd say it has failed? Therefore, it is sometimes necessary to place the events in Iraq in context. From the signing of the American Declaration of Independence, it took nearly 40 years, a constitutional convention, and four presidents to finally achieve a sense of security in the United States. In the country’s infancy, it was never completely secure with the English, French, and Spanish waiting for the right opportunity to recover all they had lost at the expense of the American quest for freedom and sovereignty."
I remarked just recently that George Washington and his soldiers at Valley Forge would probably have a very interesting take on some Americans, given the sacrifices made then to create this country relative to the slight of sacrifices made now to keep this country.
Additionally, I find it interesting to ponder the point made elsewhere that the iron fist with which Saddam ruled was necessary to keep his country as opposed to the iron fist with which I believe President Bush holds all precious freedom.