Quagmire: Now and Forever, it Seems

I heard "quagmire" again, in reference to Iraq. This time, it was presidential candidate Bill Richardson. He's used the term before, and no doubt will again.

Mr. Richardson isn't alone, by any means.

Really, I try to stay away from politics in this blog, but with so many of America's leaders giving every indication of being obsessed with finding something, anything, wrong with American policies in the War on Terror, I can't avoid it.

The troop surge in Iraq was followed by, and apparently resulted in, a dramatic decrease in violence in Iraq. Faced with this success, I've been hearing about how terrible it is that the political situation in Iraq isn't quite what it should be: and how America should pull out now.

After all, Iraq is a quagmire.

"Everybody" knows it.

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"Quagmire?" A country that's mostly desert?

The sixties were groovy, and protesting the Vietnam War was, like, relevant, but let's all wake up:
We're in the 21st century now.

See

• "Iran: Another Unilateral Quagmire?"
  (November 1, 2007)
• " "Quagmire," the Revolutionary Guard, and the News"
  (August 19, 2007)
• "Watch for Weird Words: Election's Coming Up!"
  (August 9, 2007)
  • Quagmire
  • Unilateral