Hank, the Admiral shared with us this article, written by his Professor Brother. Here is the link,
http://marty-center.uchicago.edu/webforum/052003/response_miller.shtml
Hank, I think your brother is "right on." Unfortunately, it is a "voice crying in the wilderness" and has been for 8 years. I am amazed that the President finds himself at this spot where he can literally walk away and leave a mess to the next Prez. However, he has done this, in my opinion, with many allies, mainly those who even today will put the same spin on Iraq as he does: yesterday, with 4000 dead, his view was this is a payment for peace. John McCain has begun to frame the war in terms of his goal is to save American lives. Not remaining in Iraq or the war on terror. It remains a mess with no real "out." My view. And, most Americans think really that we are on the right course in Iraq. The surge has worked. Nothing has worked other than we have paid off those who were killing us and we don't know what will happen when the money goes.
What is interesting about your brother's comments is that his view is pretty much the same of most who legitimately point out how we have violated all sorts of principles and our own declared intentions by invading Iraq; but it really doesn't matter to this president and his minions. As one who gave him the benefit of the doubt in the beginning and only became so opposed as we mismanaged it unbelievably, still my disgust at this stage is that he merely salutes and hands this quagmire off to someone else.
I've thought lots about this. There are two people, I think, who had a chance to change the course of history; two in the persons of Colin Powell and Condi Rice: I think, surely would love to see your brother analyse that. They didn't, they went along. Not sure anything could have stopped Bush; but, what if Powell had said to the UN: "after careful consideration, I don't think there is enough reason to invade Iraq and for the time being, I recommend against it." It might have worked even in the face of those like Rumsfelt, Chaney, Pearl, and Wolfowize (sp).
Oh well: don't want this to be a penguin experience for you guys like you are still reading anyway.
God bless.
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