The administration, to its credit, is seriously put off by the study group report and its varied suggestions, such as cozier relationships with Iran and Syria. You know just how bad things have gotten when your advisers want you to kiss up to enemies instead of -- in the spirit of nobler Americans, e.g., Lincoln and Patton -- run over the so-and-sos. Upon that knowledge the White House now can build, even in an adverse political climate, by laying out an understandable plan for victory, with measurable goals, not just a load of hope, velleities and summonses to "stay the course."
Come on, Mr. President. If you think this cause matters -- and you must, because you led us into it -- get out and pull and push and wheedle and browbeat the country into some semblance of conformity to your hopes and wishes. Let the rest of your legacy go. It's come to that. There's nothing but Iraq on the table now. If plenty of Americans are sick of the whole commitment, plenty of others don't contemplate easily the eventual triumph of Islamic crazies (Iran's Ahmadinejad comes to mind) and savages in suicide belts.
No more commissions, Mr. President. Come on. Lead.
Bill Murchison
Bill Murchison is the former senior columns writer for
The Dallas Morning News and author of
There's More to Life Than Politics.
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