Dying to Get In

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it,
people will eventually come to believe it.
The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State
can shield the people from the political, economic
and/or military consequences of the lie
--Joseph Goebbels

--How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?
--Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a tail
--Abraham Lincoln
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USAToday reports Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said, "All systems in the U.S. government are getting down to … 'there will be no troops (in Iraq) after 2011' ... He said an exception would be security forces to protect the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad." 50,000 troops may be necessary.

This is a verification that the Iraqi experience has not been a success.

In the international arena, combat troops do not guard embassies. It is correct for host nation forces to guard foreign diplomatic missions on the outer and immediate security perimeters of embassies. The only troops present should be U.S. Marine Embassy internal security forces.

The admission that U.S. combat troops are needed to secure the perimeter is an admission that Iraq is not the secure isle of democracy depicted by the administration.

An oft-repeated lie is still a lie.