Spring Break
Iraq War faces problems that are unlikely to change
Steve Markley
Issue date: 4/21/06 Section: OpEd Page
So what are we going to do? Well, I hate to be the guy who gives away the ending, so consider this a Spoiler Alert!
We are going to continue just as we are, with just enough soldiers to keep the country from burning to the ground in a week but not enough to stop the Sunni insurgents and certainly not enough to control the Shiites, who are less interested in politics than they are in forming militias and death squads that leave bodies washing up on the banks of the Euphrates River with drill holes in their faces and chests.
Eventually, when it becomes clear that this situation is unviable, a president will pull the troops out, and for the next forty years I'll have to listen to conservatives whine that we could've won in Iraq if that scared little bitch, President (insert your favorite Democrat here) hadn't cut and run.
You think I'm joking? Cut this column out, put it in your scrapbook, and in 15 years if this is not more or less the situation you can call me up and I will perform whatever sexual favor you ask of me no matter how sickening or depraved. The only thing I don't do is firecrackers.
We are going to continue just as we are, with just enough soldiers to keep the country from burning to the ground in a week but not enough to stop the Sunni insurgents and certainly not enough to control the Shiites, who are less interested in politics than they are in forming militias and death squads that leave bodies washing up on the banks of the Euphrates River with drill holes in their faces and chests.
Eventually, when it becomes clear that this situation is unviable, a president will pull the troops out, and for the next forty years I'll have to listen to conservatives whine that we could've won in Iraq if that scared little bitch, President (insert your favorite Democrat here) hadn't cut and run.
You think I'm joking? Cut this column out, put it in your scrapbook, and in 15 years if this is not more or less the situation you can call me up and I will perform whatever sexual favor you ask of me no matter how sickening or depraved. The only thing I don't do is firecrackers.
