Will on Afghanistan and Iraq

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/03/AR2009090301866.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/31/AR2009083102912.html

George F. Will threw down the gauntlet to the neocons this week calling for withdrawal from both Afghanistan and Iraq. This is monumental for the GOP because it marks something that needs to happen. The neocons need to get the fuck out of the party. They don't belong.

The Bush presidency failed precisely as a result of neocon foreign policy. The invasion of Iraq was a colossal waste and unnecessary and founded upon lies. Afghanistan is another quagmire but at least it was low cost relative to Iraq. The Obama administration aims to end that with a buildup there. This is a mistake.

Obama won precisely because people believed he would end these wars. So far, he has turned out to be a complete fucking liar. Lefties need to put some pressure on their shit-for-brains president and tell him to end the wars. They won't because neoconservatism is fundamentally a statist viewpoint, and statists believe despite the evidence that they can change and reshape the world according to their vision.

It is time for Obama to show some real leadership and intelligence and do the smart thing. He will have my support, and I will defend the decision. All the Ron Paul people will as well. And George F. Will has given the greenlight. Families seeing their loved ones come home will be grateful. And the end of war would go a long way to erasing the deficit. The time has come. It is time for peace.

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