The War in Focus

May I simply say that The War as We Saw It is the most clear-eyed essay on the American position in Iraq that I have read to date. It was written by seven active-duty sergeants who write of the complexity and utter futility of pursuing the administration's policies in Iraq.

In light of the administration's apparent intent to expand the conflict - isn't it past time to put aside partisan triangulation and talk about how to get out? Upon reading such a dismaying, if unsurprising, account of our prospects in Iraq and witnessing Cheney's unsavory salivation at the prospect of dropping bombs on Iran, one wonders why the voice of Congress is not heard more loudly. Silence at this juncture is not acceptable, not with a White House that is ethically and strategically bankrupt.