I have patience for a longer-term conflict, and recognize that our generation will be suffering the ill effects of this conflict (both the bane of terrorism, and the Iraq war) for the foreseeable future. I have, however, lost patience with our feckless leadership long ago. How many times can someone demonstrate their complete incompetence before they get fired? Apparently, the President believes indefinitely.
I too have lost patience with the less than spectacular leadership of Pres. Bush on a number of issues. My support for the war in Iraq is not, however, to be confused with support for Pres. Bush. Whoever our next president is will still have to fight this war whether we like it or not. As I have said several times this war will not end if we were to withdraw from it. That action would only embolden our enemy. An enemy who has been fighting this war on and off for over 1400 years. An enemy that is not attacking us because George W. Bush is our president. Our enemy is attacking us because we are not fundamentalist Muslims (Islamists) as they are. A point Pres. Bush tried to make when he said that "They hate us because of our freedoms." That happens to be true. The Islamists due hate us because we have freedom, particularly because we have freedom of religion. Their religion tells them that there is but one true religion, Islam, and that the world must become Islamic. If lose patience in fighting this war we increase our chances of losing this war. Which is worse the temporary inconvenience of fighting this war or the permanent loss of freedom of religion?
