Charting a New Course

George W. Bush

is busily charting a New Course In Iraq (NCII). Some would say it's about time. Others would say it's way past that time. I said a long time ago (Here) that it was never time to begin in the first place. In 2003 only a few hundred million people thought it was a Bad Idea for the United States (and let's not forget the Coalition of the Willing) to attack Iraq.
Now, I believe, the number who think that was a bad idea is into the billions. Something here about eleventh hour conversions...
Anyway, I have to admit that my brain isn't able to do much in the way of original thinking. When the President talks about a NCII, I can only come up with two directions. One: stay. Two: go. What else is there? Sorry folks, no do-overs in war - you can't opt for the original don't-invade-to-begin-with. Maybe there's a third course? Sort-Of-Stay? Sort-Of-Go? Slouch toward Bethlehem?
Now, the president has said that leaving is not an option. If he's telling the truth, which i fear he is, then the NCII is going to look remarkably like the OCII (Old Course In Iraq).
The Pentagon uniforms have a new idea, of course: Give Us More Money! Might as well get something out of this mess!
Something here from MacBeth... "staggers along in its..." until enough people have died. Or too many people. No, no, thats from Bob Dylan, isn't it. Well, anyway, once enough people have died...
Then we can leave.
It's amazing how many people have to die to save their leader's faces.