I try not to do a lot of "pure linking" on this site; that's the main reason Bill's Bites exists.  I think in this case I'm justified for two reasons:

• I feel pretty sure a majority of the OWD pack will agree with the "exit strategy" prescribed in the post I link to.

• The site I'm linking to is read by enough seriously influential people that I expect the article to kick off discussions in some important circles and I want OWD's readers to be aware of it.

Mr. President, If I May Be So Bold...
John Hinderaker

Most of our readers know the story of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain at Gettysburg. Ordered to hold Little Round Top at all costs, Chamberlain's 20th Maine fended off one attack after another. Finally, Chamberlain's men were nearly out of ammunition and it was clear they would not be able to withstand another assault. Prudence counseled retreat, but Chamberlain's orders forbade it. The Maine regiment could neither fall back nor stay where it was, so Chamberlain took the only course open to him: he told his men to fix bayonets and prepare to charge.

It strikes me that you, President Bush, are in a similar situation in Iraq. You know (if many liberals do not) that retreat is out of the question. Yet the status quo is untenable. Support for your administration's policy is evaporating. Iraq is being pacified too slowly if at all, and minor tinkering around the edges--a few more men, some more training of Iraqis--won't make much difference. You need a decisive stroke. You need to tip the table over. You need to attack.

Here is how you can do it. In late November, U.S. military sources revealed that they had found irrefutable evidence that Iran is arming the militias who are killing American soldiers: ...

Read the whole thing, for it is excellent.

*** 2006.12.15

See also: Getting Serious About Iran: A Military Option

Contributed by Bill Faith on December 14, 2006 at 08:29 PM in Bill Faith, Iran, Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink

Comments

Posted by: Caimlas

Precisely what the doctor ordered!

Unfortunately, as this would be an overt act of war, requiring the sign-off by Congress... not going to happen, I'm affraid. And I'm affraid Bush would only be half-behind such an effort himself. He's all for 'compassionate conservativism', which entails fighting a war like it isn't.

Posted by: Caimlas | Dec 14, 2006 11:22:27 PM