ConservativeINC

With General Petraeus set to give his update either September 11 or 12, I think this is the appropriate time to figure out what is going to happen before it happens (yes, I have special powers and no I cannot walk through walls).

Petraeus will tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth to the senators who, if their good friend Sylvester Reyes is any indication, have no idea what is going on anywhere, much less in Iraq. Some of the highlights of the report will be that there are less killings of coalition forces and innocent Iraqis. Furthermore, our forces have taken control of many places where people were saying there was no hope just months ago. We have also increased the destructions we have wrought upon al Qaeda and the Shiite militias who are being backed by Iran. Who knows, maybe this will be the place where Petraeus informs the senate that an attack on Iran is under place, we can hope (not a prediction).

The democrats will be their normal j-hole selves. If only they would allow us to treat prisoners the way they are going to treat General Petraeus. They will probably focus on the political side of the equation. Unfortunately, they have somewhat of a leg to stand on this one because there are serious problems regarding the governing of this fledgling democracy. But when has this not happened to a fledgling democracy? After we declared our independence from Britain in 1776 we had to wait 13 years before Washington became president. This is like a world class runner laughing at a two year old for not being able to keep up.

If the libs are smart they will try to inflate the readiness of the Iraqi army and police force. This is the only legitimate way I can foresee them being able to pull a fast one over the American populace at large. For if there is the perception that the Iraqis have a handle on the violence over there our reason for staying becomes less necessary. It is also possible that the democrats may try to make the whole situation in Iraq look helpless but I do not think they want to be branded surrender-monkeys for another war.

They have a choice about how to frame their support of an exit but their is no doubt they will continue to agitate for surrender after the report is delivered. I think one of the presidential candidates for their side already has the roads picked out for the retreat. So they will either want retreat because the job is done or because it is hopeless. They will argue for the former because that seems less spineless than they really are.

Fortunately, I do not think Bush will even listen to the twittering senators. Why should he? The full force of the surge just got under way, we have switched tactics that have proven to keep insurgents out of their strongholds, and the Iraqis are beginning to turn on the insurgents for paltry reasons such as being forced to eat their own children or having tribal elders murdered for not toeing the line. We need to win this war because it will help stabilize a region that hasn’t been stable for, well, forever.

There will definitely be opposition to Bush wanting to continue the fight either because the job is already done or because it can’t be done. The fight will go on though. Bush has nothing to lose and everything to gain from trying to win. In fact this war will decide whether we will defeat them this generation or be defeated by them in three. BigT