It's The War, Stupid

Bill Clinton's campaign team in 1992 famously posted a slogan during their momentous election: It's the economy, stupid. Most pundits agree that Clinton beat a formerly popular sitting president because Americans were worried about the economy, and the Democratic candidate ran strongly on that issue.

Now Frank Rich tells us it's the Iraq war, stupid: McCain'€™s McClellan Nightmare - NYTimes.com.

Mr. Bush, Mr. McCain and Mrs. Clinton refuse to accept responsibility for their roles, major and minor, in abetting this national tragedy.

Hilary Clinton never had my vote because of her stance on Iraq. She wouldn't even admit that her judgment was wrong - in fact she has called for "obliterating Iran" next, if that country does not do our bidding. Obama's Middle East stance caters to the Joe Lieberman crowd as cravenly as Hilary's, but at least he was right about Iraq from the beginning.

Now it seems that a plurality of American voters share my concerns. Even folks who believed in the war now get it.

Comments

[Steve]

Nobody likes wars.

But instead of advocating the quick ending of the American intervention, can we link up with the many enlightened Iraqis to discuss the need for an enlightened Iraqi reform movement?

Or should we leave the suffering Iraqis without any civil options?

[Judy]

What's an "enlightened" Iraqi?

I say let's put our tail between our legs, say we're sorry, and get our soldiers the hell out of there and pray the Iraqis can recover the disaster we caused as quickly as possible.

[Judy]

...recover "from" the disaster we caused...