Blunderers blundering: The Iraq post for the day

Let me break ranks with some on Iraq. I still think going in as we did was a mistake but that was just the beginning of a series of blunders committed by the boobs who persuaded a majority of our fellow citizens that this was a good idea. I just wish I had a good idea of how to get out but I know just packing our bags and going is not a good idea.

Combining the following Washington Post column and Washington Post article, leaves me with little doubt that the President thinks that we do not realize he has no ideas about how to solve his Iraq problem.

Harold Meyerson - Who's the Real Sectarian? - washingtonpost.com:

"Americans, to take just one instance, celebrated the Iraqi parliamentary elections of December 2005, noting with approval how many Iraqis voted in a region where democracy hadn't sunk many roots. What they failed to notice was that the voting broke down entirely on sectarian lines -- Sunnis for Sunni parties, Shiites for Shiites, Kurds for Kurds. The one nonsectarian slate, led by former prime minister Ayad Allawi, won a meager 8 percent of the vote.

In short, we are asking Maliki to transform Iraq into a nation that few Iraqis actually want. It's a task that could be accomplished by a ruthless dictator with a monopoly of armed force -- by, say, a Saddam Hussein -- but not by a political leader constrained by public opinion."

Report Finds Little Progress On Iraq Goals

The draft provides a stark assessment of the tactical effects of the current U.S.-led counteroffensive to secure Baghdad. "While the Baghdad security plan was intended to reduce sectarian violence, U.S. agencies differ on whether such violence has been reduced," it states. While there have been fewer attacks against U.S. forces, it notes, the number of attacks against Iraqi civilians remains unchanged. It also finds that "the capabilities of Iraqi security forces have not improved."