Wesley Clark

Former NATO General Wesley Clark wrote a great piece in today's Washington Post. There are many anti-Iraq war writings that criticize our President but don't offer solutions. Wesley Clark presents some valuable ideas on how to win peace over there. He calls on a change of policy in our war in Iraq. He also suggests pulling out if the President continues to stay the course.

The growing chorus of voices demanding a pullout should
seriously alarm the Bush administration, because President Bush and his team are repeating the failure of Vietnam: failing to craft a realistic and
effective policy and instead simply demanding that the American people show resolve. Resolve isn't enough to mend a flawed approach -- or to save the lives of our troops. If the administration won't adopt a winning strategy, then the American people will be justified in demanding that it bring our troops home.

Many of the reasons we were given for going into this war have turned out to be based on lies. The war has been run poorly to this point through no fault of the men and women fighting it. We owe it to our troops and their families to do the what is best for Iraq. There will probably always be turmoil in that region. There always has been. We need to leave Iraq in a state of turmoil they can handle themselves.

I believe change starts with getting rid of Rumsfeld. The Neocon agenda has failed in Iraq. His replacement needs to be an experienced Military man or woman. We need someone who has been in combat. Lets learn from our mistakes in Vietnam and let the military do what it needs to do. Then lets get out.