Iraqi amnesty
There was a brief brouhaha over the weekend over a proposed amnesty for insurgents in Iraq. Such a proposal is pretty good PR, but the targets of the amnesty went about immeditely rejecting the idea by continuing to kill civilians and soldiers -- both U.S. and Iraqi.
That didn't stop Wisconsin Sen. Russ "cut and run" Feingold from decrying the very idea on "Meet the Press." Feingold's complaint, however, is misplaced. You see, Feingold cannot be serious about opposing amnesty when his official position is that we need to pull U.S. troops out now and turn the whole damn country over to the insurgents. Nope, no amnesty needed when the butchers regain control.
For all of you C, D and even F students out there, take heart -- you too can one day become a United States senator.
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Technically, amnesty can be granted only by a sovereign nation.
So long as America is calling the military shots there, we would be doing the pardoning. And unless we declare victory and opponents surrender, amnesty is something that should be negotiated behind the scenes (not supported publicly by representatives)
Feingold's plan of partial withdrawal (read the fine print), will remove tens of thousands of fewer troops fromriding humvees that get i.e.deed.
Face it, the war was won quickly, the occupation is being lost slowly.