It is only Monday, but it will be tough to top this one for Tribune letter writer dolt of the week:
Iraqi success
The cries that we are "losing" in Iraq is sheer nonsense, a corollary to the nonsense that we "have no plan" for ultimate success.
To date, every step laid out in the 2003 plan for success in Iraq has taken place. An Iraqi army is being trained and is increasingly effective. New Iraqi police are gradually assuming control of streets and neighborhoods, protecting their citizens who want no part of the insurgent violence. A provisional government was elected and assumed sovereign authority in 2004. This provisional government elected a president and drafted a constitution, as scheduled. In 2005, the Iraqi people turned out in overwhelming numbers to elect a parliament. This parliament convened this week, and is charged with appointing a president, Prime Minister, and cabinet. The probability that this process will fail is vanishingly small.
The plan was formulated two years ago, and is on schedule. The insurgency is strong, but cannot succeed because, like the Democratic Party, it has no rational objective.
To say "we" are winning is equally nonsense. The Iraqi people are winning, and will be the beneficiaries of their success.
Fred W. Dougherty
Panacea, Fla.
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