You Can Tell the War in Iraq is Winding Down
You know that when we begin to set a philosophic tone for our fighting men and women, most of the torture and abuse has already been done and we’re about to pack it in.
There are all sorts of ways to judge the length of the war yet to come in Iraq and our commitment to it. You can
listen to the repetitious declarations of a trapped president
parse the Pentagonal statements of Donald Rumsfeld
pay attention to yet another strutting Senator
heed this or that that electile dysfunctional Representative
ultimately, get the Ouija Board out from under the Monopoly set in the upstairs guest bedroom.
Or, you can pick up clues from headlines about other matters and you don’t have to be Columbo to do it. A couple of items in newspapers just yesterday morning caught my eye.
From CTV News and AP, we learn that the Pentagon is finally going to abide by the Geneva Convention in their prosecution of the war. Even so, White House spokesman Tony Snow insisted that all U.S. detainees have been treated humanely.…