A War Without End

Last week the Senate tried to pass three different measures aimed at drawing down our troops in Iraq. All got the support of a majority, but never the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster or the inevitable Presidential veto. In a news conference, the President basically said he was putting the war on an autopilot by the name of Petraeus and leaving the end game to his succesor.

So now we are left with a war that neither a majority of the American people, nor a majority in Congress support, but we are unable to stop it because of a deluded President and a small group of Senators who are either equally deluded or cannot see the forest through the trees and are insisting on "their bill" or no bill. Somehow, I do not think this is what the Framers intended.

The invasion of Iraq was wrong and so were those Americans who supported it passively or actively. This cannot be said enough and no amount of "but we thoughts" and "9/11s" will change that fact. The price for our mistake is being paid in blood. What is worse is that this war seems to be running in its own continuous loop, like the machines come to life in a sci fi novel. At some point, this issue may initiate the engagement of the American people. Probably after the new season of "Dancing with the Stars."