Got GWOT?

War- 1. a state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations 2. a state of hostility, conflict, or antagonism (parsed from about 10 definitions at M-W)

Today Junior and his British lackey got in front of everyone and with straight faces declared that the war in Iraq was not a mistake because Iraq was now the main battleground in the global war on terrorism.

Look at those definitions for a sec. GWOT is the boogeyman. There is no GWOT. And really there never has been. There's just Junior using that as cover to launch unprovoked attacks on other nations. True there are al-queda elements in Iraq attacking US soldiers. What everyone is conveniently forgetting, is that Saddam had no connection to those people, and in fact feared them. Saddam didn't let those people in Iraq. Junior did.

But there is a civil war going on in Iraq. Despite the Constitutions, the elections, and every other step towards democracy that is supposed to be occuring even as the violence escalates. Now we're waiting for September so we can measure progress with undefined benchmarks. No real benchmarks means no Fs.

Kudos to Fiengold today. 94-1. Stand up sir. I'm not sure we can rationally pull troops out just like that, but your vote is one in the right direction.