The Conservative Cat

It's quite simple, really. You just kill people until the violence stops. That is, after all, how Saddam Hussein kept the peace, and I don't recall any long editorials in the New York Times about how awful that was, so in a sane universe I don't see them objecting if we tried the same trick.

See, the problem is not that the Army can't do this job, the problem is we're trying to strike a balance between effectiveness and a minimum of collateral damage. A purely military solution would involve wide-open rules of engagement and lots of troops. A purely political solution would involve minimal violence but lots of publicity of how good things are going to be if we all pull together.

The tragedy here is that the primary impediment for any political component to victory in Iraq is the Democratic party, whose members can't say enough about what a terrible thing we're doing.over there. So, with the Democrats in charge, our only hope is a military solution. Of course, the Democrats don't want that, either.

So, as far as I can tell, the Democrats are putting all their new-found muscle behind total failure in Iraq. Or maybe they've completely lost their minds. Either way, it's a bad idea to have them in charge, and I'm counting on all of you to fix that as soon as possible.

Respectfully submitted,

Ferdinand T. Cat