Another Republican's call to get outta there!

In yet another call for Bush to withdraw our forces from Iraq, Bruce Bartlett, a domestic policy adviser to President Reagan and a treasury official during the administration of Bush The Elder, had this to say in his New York Times column today:

I think Bush should have the courage to do what Ronald Reagan did in Lebanon. Reagan sent American troops into that country as part of a multinational peacekeeping force in 1982. But after the situation continued to deteriorate and, in October of 1983, 241 Marines were killed when a truck loaded with explosives blew up outside their barracks, Reagan pulled out.

At the peak of the Cold War, this was a very hard thing for Reagan to do. He knew it would show weakness and undermine his position in dealing with the Soviet Union. But he realized, as Bush does not, that you cannot undo a mistake by continuing to make it. All you can do is stop making the mistake, cut your losses and move on.

That'd be terrific, Bruce, but the problem is, Bush, unlike the man I wrote about earlier today, isn't a stand-up guy. He doesn't have any courage; he's a spineless delusional deceiver and he's not going to withdraw from Iraq--unless enough of us raise enough hell to force him to.

Please call your congressional representatives and urge them to stop the escalation. (Go to Project Vote Smart's homepage and enter your 9-digit zip code to find contact information on all of your federal and state representatives. Don't know your 9-digit zip? Go here and the U.S. Postal Service will quickly serve it up to you.)