Iraq and the Press

A intersting Editorial from the WSJ:

WSJ: The paper is having a go at Republican Senators for allowing Beltway pressure to move them to oppose the surge in Iraq, " ..GOP Senators looking ahead to the 2008 elections have decided that the real front in the war lies not in Baghdad or Baquba but in the Beltway, and that a "bipartisan" redeployment is a worthier goal than backing the current battle plan. " Senators have to get Re- Elected, if the main stream media is to do in Iraq what they did in Vietnam then the Republicans and their supporters have to look reality and meet the Liberal Democrats head on. The President if need be should be on the TV every day day, make Iraq the only discussion that matters. If the USA and the UK leave Iraq, they will have to came back, this is not Vietnam, the terrorists will use Iraq to attack the West. Then there is the Oil Money, Terrorists with that kind of money could make the Cold War look like happy hour.

The reality, the USA does not have unlimited time in Iraq, the USA and UK should take the old Kennedy ethos, win no matter what but win. The time is short, if needed send in more troops, ready or not, we don't have the time to wait for a planned victory. The time is coming when if the Congress will try to pull the plug on Iraq. This is the for winning, if your Republican make sure that your Congress man or woman know that any weakness will cost them at the polls. It is time to go after the Democrats, any scandals that have been kept in the safe for future use should be used, this is not the time for nice, this is the time for Nixon hard ball. The West can not afford to lose in Iraq, thus the liberals have to be defeated on this issue. Win is the only result that counts, go after any weakness, any scandal, turn up the heat, losing is not a option.

The Liberals think the Plame case shows Nixon hard Ball. Political hard ball in its actual sense means using all legal political methods to win. The Plame Case was nothing like Watergate. By hard Ball I mean take the fight to Liberals, make them come up with a workable policy on Iraq. All they have done so far is say get out, but what happens if the place goes to hell after USA and UK troops leave. The President should use all his power to make the Democrats show some policy that will work. The Democrats have had a free ride so far, Republicans have been on the defensive know is the time to take the political fight to them, make them take a stand, make them take the results. If Iraq goes to hell make it like China, do Democrats want another China and the cost that was to them politically.