Howls of Execration

For all to be accomplished, for me to feel less lonely,
all that remained to hope was that on the day of my execution
there should be a huge crowd of spectators and that they
should greet me with howls of execration
--The Stranger, Camus
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You'll get it, GWB--anywhere but Albania.

So troop cuts are possible by March of 2008--possible!

"The U.S. may be able to reduce combat forces in Iraq by next spring if Iraq's own security forces continue to grow and improve, a senior American commander said Friday. He denied reports the U.S. is arming Sunni insurgent groups to help in the fight against al-Qaida (US May Reduce Forces in Iraq by Spring.)"

If the KIA and wounded rates of attrition sustain their current pace, and if troops are not replaced, then that, in effect equals a cut. Sending a platoon home would also be a cut. Nowhere in this article is the word "significant reductions" used.

The article is proof that the war will continue at a vigorous clip until at least next Spring. When will the Congress step up to the plate and cap this madness?

GWB and homies, both in and out of uniform, will not do what is required to end this open-ended, empty policy war.

U.S. tax dollars can not and should not be expended on illegal, ill-conceived wars of aggression. Wars which furthermore will gain us nothing but Camus' "howls of execration."

If only GWB had actually read The Stranger, rather than just carrying under his arm as photo op a while back.