'Stay course' leaves Iraq stuck in fiasco

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Last Thursday, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld once again warned Congress that criticism of U.S. policy plays into the hands of terrorists.

"They want us pointing fingers at each other, rather than pointing fingers at them," Rumsfeld said.

Apparently, then, it would be unpatriotic to note that something has gone seriously wrong if U.S. forces are trying to retake Iraq's capital city three and a half years after Baghdad fell the first time.

And it would play into our enemies' hands to admit being dismayed by the sight of tens of thousands of Iraqi Shiites marching through Baghdad Friday chanting "Death to Israel, death to America."

And certainly, by Rumsfeld's rules, it would be downright treasonous to suggest that those U.S. officials responsible for creating this unmitigated disaster should have been removed from office long ago.

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