Playing Politics With Iraq: By BOB HERBERT

Playing Politics With Iraq
By BOB HERBERT
Published: June 26, 2006

I wonder whether Americans will ever become fed up with the loathsome politicking, the fear-mongering, the dissembling and the gruesome incompetence of this crowd. From the Bush-Rove perspective, General Casey's plan is not a serious strategic proposal. It's a straw in the political wind.

How many casualties will be enough? More than 2,500 American troops who dutifully answered President Bush's call to wage war in Iraq have already perished, and thousands more are struggling in agony with bodies that have been torn or blown apart and psyches that have been permanently wounded.

Has the war been worth their sacrifice?

How many still have to die before we reach a consensus that we've overpaid for Mr. Bush's mad adventure? Will 5,000 American deaths be enough? Ten thousand?

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made his writing a little bit more "to the point."

Notice how he is seldom seen on any of the Sunday morning talk shows/

I guess we won't be seeing too much more of Clarence Page either, after Page made O'Reilly look like a fool on his own show.

Iraq was just the first step. Syria and Iran are on their plate. Ultimately we are preparing for conflict with China over control of the planet's dwindling supply of cheap oil.