Rejectionism Is The New Deadending
Hillary in Iraq blames “rejectionists” for the violence, which is a sign “Iraq is headed in the right direction.” NYT.
BAGHDAD — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived here Saturday morning for a one-day visit, delivering an American show of support for Iraq as it battles a sudden eruption of violence, in the wake of suicide bombings that killed at least 140 people and wounded several hundred more on Thursday and Friday.
Mrs. Clinton, in her first visit to Baghdad as secretary of state, acknowledged that the attacks were worrisome. She said she would seek a briefing on the security situation from the American military commander, Gen. Ray Odierno, in her first meeting on Saturday, a day packed with appointments.
But she played down suggestions that the attacks augured a return to the relentless sectarian violence that convulsed Iraq in 2006. She said they did not signal that a new jihadist movement was taking root in Iraq, which could derail the progress the country has made in the last two years.
“In Iraq, there will always be political conflicts,” Mrs. Clinton said to reporters before setting off on the unannounced visit Friday evening. “But I really believe that Iraq, as a whole, is on the right track.”
You know what they say. History doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes. This looks like free verse, about being stuck on policy and politics when what you need to be doing is fighting a war.
She characterized the latest bout of violence as the last gasp of “rejectionists” who fear that the government will succeed in creating a united and peaceful Iraq. The suicide bombings, she said, are “in an unfortunately tragic way, a signal that the rejectionists fear that Iraq is going in the right direction.”
Thank you, George Bush for putting Iraq on the road to the right direction.
“Are there going to be bad days? Yes, there are,” Mrs. Clinton said. But she added, “If you look at the evidence, overwhelmingly the progress that’s been made has been positive.”
Damn, that sounds awful familiar. Sounds kind of like the role reversal has them a little confused. I hope they can figure out that 2006 Democratic strategic thinking is not the right answer post-2007/08 surge success.
While the violence is far below the worst levels in 2006, 18 major attacks this month have kindled fears that Baathist and jihadist elements could be reconstituting themselves into a smaller, but still deadly, insurgency that will exploit the withdrawal of American troops between now and 2011.
Translation: rejectionism could be a problem for Obama’s de-surge.
The semantic ironies aren’t lost on NYT, by the way. Turns out great minds think alike, though I would have led with it. They buried it:
At times, her analysis almost echoed that of former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. When the sectarian violence was relentless several years ago, Mr. Cheney spoke of the insurgency being in its “last throes,” while Mr. Rumsfeld talked of “dead-enders” who kept fighting a lost cause.
Let’s see, if history rhymes, I’m going with limerick:
There once was a man from Chicago
Who thought fighting wars was a no go
He didn’t quite get
That it ain’t over yet
All he wanted to do was … just go go
I’m going to have to work on that.
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 8:59 am on Saturday, April 25, 2009
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April 25th, 2009 at 9:51 am
There once was a man named Barack
Who cried about leaving Iraq
Campaign lies must be spurned
When the tables are turned
“Say guys, can’t we talk about my dog now? He’s really cute”
Sorry about the rule breaking…
http://www.jourtegrity,blogspot.com
April 25th, 2009 at 10:31 am
There was a man from Chicago
who campaigned that surrender in Iraq was wonderful
He offered up change -n-hope
But has shown he is a dope
So he gives us “torture” docs as a shiny quarter
Which earned the displeasure of Porter
April 25th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
This is Hillary at her, ummmm, “far less than her finest”, and is completely predictable given her lack of experience in anything except being First Lady and a junior senator.
No, to me, the real news would be: Did she fly on Broomstick One on this trip to Iraq?
April 25th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
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