This enemy is far bigger than simply the coming Islamic wars. The primary supporters of the Islmaic extremists are Russia and China. Unfortunately war with Russia, China, or both of them may be inevitable. I hope not but we must be prepared for the possiblilty. Right now the greatest threat to America is Russia. We are going to need a much larger military to deal with all of this. I think the only way to do this is to reinstate the draft and shift the economy to a war footing.

Also, I believe that Rumsfeld does need to go, not because he has handled the Iraq problem incorrectly, but because of his vision of a small, modern army. The situation now requires a large but mobile army and that means an increase of funding and manpower. I don’t see how we can survive the new world situation without changes, and I believe he is still stuck in the modern, fast, small, and efficient army - not what we need for the upcoming Islamic wars.

Hitch and Harlin are right…

Fix the problem, end Nation Building and get the job done.

They are a few token Republicans scattered about, but this is a very leftwing, anti-Bush, anti-Iraq War cabal.

Hitchens describes them as the “pseudo” scholars!

One of their leading ME “experts” is Anthony Cordesman, a VEHEMENT anti-Bush freak, who comes out literally, with daily Anti-Bush, Anti-Iraq War Analysis!

The immorality of this strategy is shocking in its implications. The foreign policy elites have apparently decided that the war is unwinnable but that it would harm American interests if we simply up and left.

Let’s be clear here.

These are Republican operatives looking for a way for a Republican presidnet to back out of a war without losing face.

Those of us who said don’t go in, who later said now that you are in send enough troops to do the job, and who have been saying it’s a goat screw for the last year or so are not the least bit surprised.

Only those who thought Bush was the leader he played on TV are shocked.