Quandary

Earlier today, I heard one of our Senators, I think it was Inhofe, say that trying to pass legislation on the Iraq war that includes timelines is WRONG because it lets the Enemy know what we're going to do.

The alternative, of course, is never leaving. That is unless we can figure out a way to pull 160,000 servicemen and their infrastructure out of a desert WITHOUT letting the Enemy know what we're doing.

The right really has this thing triangulated. We can't legislate getting out because that telegraphs our intention to  the Enemy. We can't pull out suddenly because that is not practical from a military standpoint. Only choice is just to stay.

Has anyone in government thought this through to any sort of practical, logical conclusion?

T.

•  Yes, they have it triangulated

  and no, there's no way out without telegraphing the intention before the fact. It's sad, but it's true. The best we can hope for is that all those umpteen-million-dollar-funded-on-their-education staff officers can come up with a plan that will cost the least in lives. Given past performance, I'm not optimistic.

  by Wreck Smurfy on Fri Sep 21, 2007 at 11:21:57 PM PDT

•  How not to telegraph our intentions

  Arrange for our troops to "amscray" one "ight-nay."  

  by trivium on Sat Sep 22, 2007 at 12:19:23 AM PDT

  •  Psssst.

    That's more sophisticated than the intelligence thot got us into this mess.

    by MajorFlaw on Sat Sep 22, 2007 at 12:43:22 AM PDT