The "Very" End...

I was ranted to recently by someone who took issue with the phrase "at the very end".

He felt that if its "the end", then there is no varying extent.

There is no "very end" only an "end".

President Bush made a similar statement (in theme) today.

President Bush said Wednesday that the U.S. will win the war in Iraq "unless we leave before the job is done."

No shit?

You mean, if we stay until the job is done, we will win?

Is that what that means?

And anything short of that is losing right?

Losing American lives.

Losing Iraqi lives.

Losing American money.

Losing Iraqi confidence.

Losing control.

President Bush said Wednesday that the U.S. will win the war in Iraq "unless we leave before the job is done."

You don't say.

So, the week the White House backs off the "stay the course" tag as the "company line" the President comes back out a few days later and basically says the same thing.

"unless we leave before the job is done."

Maybe what we really want is for "the job" to be defined.

Does that mean that when there is a sufficient Iraqi security force?

Does that mean when we don't face a civil war in Iraq?

Does that mean that when the Iraqi's have to have a functional Democracy?

Does that mean that when there are no more Iraqi citizen's dying in the crossfire?

Now its over 100 Iraqi's per day.

What number of Iraqi's per day would be a "job" well done?

80?

40?

Dare I say, 0?

If "unless we leave before the job is done" is the company line, then define the job.

Thus far, the powers that be have claimed to have a plan they are ready to start executing to get out of Iraq "with the job done".

They just wont tell us until AFTER the American people have gone to the polls in what the President has described as "a referendum on security and the economy."

I think that most Americans believe our "security" begins and ends in Iraq.

If we quell the insurgency, protect the Iraqi's, and successfully instal a democracy, it is supposed to kick-start peace and democracy throughout the region.

If we fail to do those things, we've done nothing but create "Afghanistan circa 2000...on STEROIDS"

A nation that will ultimately train and pump out thousands of fundamentalist that seek to do the American people and the American way of life harm.

So, President Bush said Wednesday that the U.S. will win the war in Iraq "unless we leave before the job is done."

Lets get to the point George...what is the job?

The American people deserve to know what your criteria are before we go to the polls to decide if you and your G.O.P. "crew" get to hold all the cards for the next 2 years.

Be upfront with us.

Be honest with us.

Let the American people make an informed decision about the direction our country is going.

Let the American people have all the facts before they decide what is right for our nation.

Stay Tuned...