Tuesday, June 26, 2007

One Side Wins

clipped from www.dansimmons.com

But
having acknowledged the need for such humility and having
admitted to the political and military errors and hubris that
have led the United States to this mess in Iraq, the fact
remains that the U.S. and the West have to prevail there or
suffer the consequences of rising Islamist, jihadist, and
Iranian nuclear extremism that will threaten not only our
children and grandchildren but the very existence of our civilizations.

The starting point for the renewed dialogue between Americans
and between America and its former friends might begin by
general agreement on a statement taken from a document titled
“National Strategy for Victory in Iraq” released
by the White House in November, 2005 – “What happens
in Iraq will influence the fate of the Middle East for generations
to come, with a profound impact on our own national security.”