Thursday - November 20, 2008
We were too late
White House moves Victory In Iraq date up from the 10/22 the blogosphere called, goes with 10/19 instead:
Does that make it more official? Or will you only concede victory when the MSM admits to it? Or are you waiting for Obama to lead the ticker tape parade?
Nothing is ever 100%; every war we’ve been in for the last 65 years or so has dribbled on a bit longer here and there, even after absolute surrenders or cease fires were signed. So if you want to hold out some more, be my guest. I’m calling this one DONE and WON. Now let’s get as many of our troops the hell out of there as soon as possible.
Looks like a timetable is close to being hammered out too, although it could also move up. Sooner or later you have to stop moving the goalposts and make the call. Anything that happens after that is an after-action incident or whatever mil-speak is for “after the game was over”.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon is under major cyber attack. The GWoT book isn’t finished yet, but this chapter has nothing left but a couple of footnotes. The focus will now shift back to Afghanistan, with perhaps a side trip to Somalia. Later chapters? Who can tell, but my bet is that one will be looking far to the East, and another will be looking a little bit to the West. Directly to the East? I don’t think so. I think that one will be The War That Wasn’t. My only real worry is that this whole book might just get banned by the next guy who wields the Big Pen, or that it will be turned back into some kind of crime drama farce story like the previous author wrote.
h/t to Sara at Pal2Pal.
Posted by Drew458
on 11/20/2008 at 11:27 PM
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