The best way to describe our current siruation in Iraq is a Chinese idiom: riding on the back of a tiger and afraid to get off. The tiger here is not Iraq itself, but rather the whole mess in Iraq President Bush has led us in. We know that we have very limited options. It is true that riding on the bck of the tiger (US personnel staying in Iraq) is not comfortable and dangerous, but the alternative is worse. The alternative, getting off the tiger's back (pulling out of Iraq), as suggested by some Democrats, is more dangerous, because we could get "devoured".
I know we all want to blame Bush and his associates for all the mess they led (or misled, to be more accurate) us into, and for the mistakes after mistakes they have committed in Iraq. But we have to propose a viable solution to this problem. Pulling out is not a viable solution, we all know it. American public knows it, as indicated by a recent poll showing majority of Americans do not support pulling out despite the belief that Iraq war is a mistake.
If Democrats cannot put out its own solution to the problem, calling the troops to pull out of Iraq will further alienate voters. Democrats have lost in 2004. They are risking of losing it again in 2008.
The country needs a real visionary, knowledgeable and yet courageous leader, not a cowboy. Let's hope in 2008 we can put America back on track.
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