Fraud In The NYTIMES

Well, I came across this blog that really clobbered that O'Hanlon and Pollack op-ed piece that ran in the NYTIMES a couple of days ago. It seems that Pollack and O'Hanlon did go to Iraq-- on a trip that was put together by the Pentagon. Everything that they saw, and everything that they did was put together by the military. Everyone that they spoke with was selected by the military.

I admit that I was greatly disappointed to learn that the Pollack and O'Hanlon piece was a fraud. I so hoped that the sacrifices of our soldiers would ultimately achieve a noble end, despite the lies, incompetence of this administration. Our troops are far better representatives of the best of this country than the current inhabitants of the White House.

So where do we go in Iraq? I think both Republicans and Democrats admit that we will be there for several years to come. Both republicans and Democrats have no desire to be caught in the middle of a Sunni, Shiite, Kurdish civil war. And yet, a hasty departure on our part surely will lead to a genocide, an ethnic cleansing, that we will not be able to ignore and which will stain our national soul for years to come. As Colin Powell stated, "We broke it, we own it."

And the Iraqi parliament is still on vacation.