So let’s see. Mr. Bush and al Qaeda’s Ayman al Zawahiri agree that Iraq–not Afghanistan–is the central front in the war between them. But GOP Senators looking ahead to the 2008 elections have decided that the real front in the war lies not in Baghdad or Baquba but in the Beltway, and that a “bipartisan” redeployment is a worthier goal than backing the current battle plan. The irony is that this political retreat is taking place even as General David Petraeus’s military offensive is showing signs of progress.
We have better soldiers than politicians. Then again, we have better everything than we have politicians. . . .