Don't tell me Ed Koch was right..
Several weeks ago, Ed Koch wrote an op ed opposing the 'surge'. Now, Mr, Koch, please bear in mind is a dem who has supported both the wars and GWB. His opposition was that the surge was too late to fix what's broken, and that only some shared responsibility would have a chance. He wanted to announce that not only would we withdraw, but if we had to do so, we would LEAVE THE MIDDLE EAST as a result... and that this message should be delivered to the Al Saud, and all the rest in no unmistakable terms, along with a request that in order to avoid this outcome, in which the lot may well get chopped while we prepare the 20 minute solution for the entire area, the GCC etc, send in their own troops to both kill the jihaids and quell the mass murders squads.
I thought, 'sure, right', that's likely....meanwhile....
Saudis consider sending troops to Iraq
Government ‘deeply skeptical’ al-Maliki can make Bush surge plan work
Saudi Arabia believes the Iraqi government is not up to the challenge and has told the United States that it is prepared to move its own forces into Iraq should the violence there degenerate into chaos, a senior U.S. official told NBC News on Tuesday.Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal made no effort to mask his skepticism Tuesday about President Bush’s proposal to send 21,000 more U.S. troops to Iraq to stem sectarian fighting.
“We agree with the full objectives set by the new plan,” Saud said at a joint news conference in Riyadh with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who is traveling in the region selling Bush’s plan. “We are hoping these objectives can be accomplished, but the means are not in our hands. They are in the hands of the Iraqis themselves.”
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