Let's Win in Iraq

I listened to President Bush’s speech to the VFW today and he compared the occupation of Iraq to the occupation of Japan. I didn’t quite get the comparison to Japan, since we had 0 servicemen killed by Japanese during that occupation compared to 3722 in Iraq. He compared the prospect of leaving Iraq to leaving Vietnam. It’s curious that he is so passionate now about Vietnam, since he, Dick Cheney, Rush Limbaugh, and Bill O’Reilly neglected to go win that one for us.

Nevertheless, his eloquence convinced me that we should stay in Iraq—under the following conditions:
1. Increase the occupying force to 350,000, the number we had in Japan in 1946.
2. Reinstitute the draft so that our soldiers only have to serve one tour there as they did in Vietnam.
3. Repeal the tax cuts for the wealthy and stop deficit funding this war.
4. Get Halliburton and Blackwater out of the war zone and stop all other war profiteers.
5. Ration gasoline and put a 50% surtax on all Persian Gulf oil.
6. Announce sanctions on all companies doing business in countries who are selling arms to Iran, Syria, and North Korea.

If we’re going to fight this war, let’s get serious!