On Anniversary of Fall of Baghdad, Petraeus Is Right

Baghdad fell to US-led forces on this date in 2003. For a war where we supposedly won five years ago, this sure has taken a long time. This is like saying that because we still have troops in Europe that the war has never ended. Didn’t the Iraqi government get conquered?

We actually need to send more troops to Iraq, not pull out the ones we have. Institute a draft, spend the next five years with 250,000 or more American troops (not contractors) destroying all resistance and ensuring stability, and then get out.

Not that we can afford that, of course. Ron Paul was right in 2003: invading another nation is stupid because no people wants to be invaded. Liberated, maybe, but occupied, no. Maybe McCain will solve these problems when he gets elected — oh wait: he won’t win because Americans haven’t elected a combat veteran since 1988.

Ah, well. At least sixteen years of draft-dodging moral bankruptcy will be over, even Clinton wins. I mean, she didn’t avoid the draft by leaving the country or “serving honorably” in the National Guard for children of the wealthy. Then we can settle back into just moral bankruptcy.

At least McCain understands that we will be in Iraq for as long as we had to stay in Europe and Japan after WWII. Too bad he won’t win just because he has combat experience.