BadGimp

Why are we still here?

worldnetdaily.com - Posted: June 30, 2003 - 1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2003 Creators Syndicate, Inc.

Patrick Buchannan

"What are we getting into here?" asked the sergeant from the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division, stationed north of Baghdad. "The war is supposed to be over, but every day we hear of another soldier getting killed. Is it worth it? Saddam isn't in power anymore. The locals want us to leave. Why are we still here?"

The questions that sergeant put to a Washington Post reporter are ones our commander in chief had better begin to address.

For less than three months after the fall of Baghdad, we have lost almost as many men in Iraq as we did in three weeks of war. One U.S. soldier is now dying there every day.

"Mission Accomplished," read the banner behind President Bush as he spoke from the carrier deck of the Lincoln. But if the original mission – to oust Saddam and end the mortal threat of his weapons of mass destruction – is "accomplished," why are we still there?

- continued -
.........................................................................

Watchin rabid conservatives eat their own is mildly entertaining. At least Bushannan has been consistent all the way down the line on this one.
BadGimp

posted by BadGimp @ 8:36 PM