What the Heck was I Thinking!?

Michael Goldfarb apparently believes that the Chinese are such good weapons systems developers that they could start on an ASAT weapon less than 6 years ago and have a fully successful test this month. He apparently takes Theresa Hitchens’, Leonid Ivashov’s and Michael Krepon’s opinions as definitive proof that the Chinese are the fastest, most successful missile systems developers in the world.

WorldwideStandard.com: Krepon Blames Bush

Krepon Blames Bush


Did President Bush provoke China’s ASAT test with the “tough talk” of his administration’s new national space policy? Theresa Hitchens thinks so. So does Russian General Leonid Ivashov. Now Michael Krepon has added his voice to the chorus, saying “if further evidence were needed that the Bush administration’s tough talk backfires, China’s test of an anti-satellite weapon will do.”

It’s either that, or Goldfarb and his fellow deep thinkers believe that you can just take any old missile, point it in a different direction and it will hit anything you tell it to.
Or perhaps it’s just “blame every bad thing on Bush.”

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I’ve given up looking for a strategy or a plan for Iraq from the liberals in Congress. I think they just need to tell everyone what their goals are.

From the Washington Post editorial, Thursday: 

Congress’s Iraq Quagmire - washingtonpost.com

Congress’s Iraq Quagmire The Senate would send Gen. Petraeus off with a pat on the back and a vote of no confidence in his mission.

Thursday, January 25, 2007; Page A24

ON TUESDAY nearly every member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee warmly endorsed Lt. Gen. David H. Petraeus, the new U.S. commander in Iraq, and a number wished him success or “Godspeed” in his mission. Yesterday some of the same senators voted for a resolution that opposes the increase of troops for Gen. Petraeus’s command — even though the general testified that he could not accomplish his mission without the additional forces and hinted that such a resolution could encourage the enemy. Such is the muddle of Congress on Iraq: A majority may soon go on record opposing the new offensive in Baghdad even while encouraging the commander who leads it.

So, there can’t be a coherent strategy or a plan in patting someone on the back, telling them to get in there and do good things for the country, and sticking a “Kick me!” sign on his back at the same time.

What is the end state, the goal, for Iraq in the minds of the Democrats? They should have to answer that question.

And, if their answer is US out of Iraq soon/by a date certain/today, one would have to ask them if that goal should be achieved at any cost, with any risk to the region. If it isn’t flee-at-the-first-chance, or peace-any-price, they should be able to explain how we will get to their goal successfully. Otherwise, it truly is flee-at-the-first-chance, or peace-any-price.

The impression they give with these kind of cheap stunts is that they just don’t want to be responsible for what they dearly hope will be a failure. That should get them into power in both the Congress and the White House. Then, they’ll see what they have to do stay in power.

They don’t appear to have any higher goal than that.

Source: Congress’s Iraq Quagmire - washingtonpost.com