Abraham Who?

I think, in today's political climate, even Abraham Lincoln might have failed as president. Now, I'm not saying that George W. Bush is another Lincoln, but I do believe he has tried to do a noble and smart thing in Iraq, only to see those in this country who hate him -- for what they thought was stealing an election in 2000 -- undermine his success there more than the insurgents that are killing scores of Iraqis in Baghdad.

The cloud of Vietnam is again hanging over our heads, blown there by the hot air of the Democrats, who would rather lose this war than win it. They rant about how many lives Bush has sacrificed in Iraq for nothing, yet fail to realize that, should we lose, we will lose far more lives to an emboldened enemy somewhere else in the world, and will have to fight the terrorists right here at home.

They vilify Bush for not having a coherent strategy, yet they offer none themselves, other than to redeploy troops out of Iraq. But that would be an acceptance of defeat, embolden the terrorists for future actions of violence and open Iraq to all-out civil war. Iran and Syria would then move in and put their stamps on that country's destiny and the Iraqis would end up worse off than they were under Saddam.

Wake up, Democrats! Wake up, pacifists! We need to win this war, not just for the Iraqis, but for the sake of the Western world, us, our children and our children's children.