Cal Thomas drinks the cool-aid again

None dare call it ‘victory’

A follow-up from Krauthammer's column:

Correlation Does Not Equal Causation

Also, two months of semi-good news in a 4.5 year war do not constitute solid statistical evidence of a trend. Only the neo-cons could call 35 deaths in a war that didn't need to be fought "good news". What if the deaths stopped altogether? How does that help us against Al Quaeda and terrorism? All of this "progress" is simply quelling a power struggle between Iraqis who want to control Iraq. It has NOTHING to do with terrorism.

When Cal Thomas is quoting the pages of the New York Times claiming that they have finally come around to seeing things his way and the way of the Bush administration, watch out. I don't have any stats to prove it, but I have been noticing that the press is reporting anti-war news ever since it became apparent that it is a strong negative for the presumed democratic front-runner - Clinton. Cindy Sheehan? She is a nut case now to the press - especially after she started attacking Hillary.

The New York Times editorial board will kick itself if it's anti-war rhetoric leads to another GOP victory because they front runner was just as involved in the invasion as any neo-con. That is why they are toning it down. If the war is successful, it becomes a non-issue. If the war continues to be a big issue, the average voter will trust Giuliani or Romney or Thompson over Clinton any day of the week since they always trust the GOP over the dems in matters of foreign policy. Things can always change, but only a fool would ignore past trends when formulating a strategy in this area.

This is, by the way, all perception. 2007 has actually been the WORST year for U.S. casualties. More of our partners have pulled out - including soon Australia after John Howard's recent defeat. We are no closer to finding bin Laden, and our so-called ally Musharraf has basically turned into a Saddam Hussein by jailing all opposition political figures, disbanding the Pakistani Supreme Court and filling it himself so that they can rule his reign "constitutional". The only difference is he has nukes and he hasn't started killing his people en masse yet. Look for that on the horizon whether he "wins" or loses the next election.