There’s been all of this confused speculation about why we’re in this war and why the President continues down this mad path of maintaining and even increasing troop levels in Iraq. Our fellow citizens keep coming back to the obvious: that there is no winnable war, and that public opinion is that we should pull our troops out of a region rife with civil war and terror breeding grounds.

I have a simple suggestion for why we continue to stay in Iraq and even boost our troop levels. The President and his cadre of officials don’t believe we’re in a winnable war. They’re just holding ground, waiting for the next “winnable war.” They’re waiting for Iran.

theory /2007-03-12 by brandon e. heckman/

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