Back to Basics

Finally, someone reminded Republicans that what’s at stake in Iraq is more than just sound-bytes and political points.  The debate on Iraq that is currently going on in Congress has devolved into populist “redeployment” or a more direct poll driven cut-and-run point of view.  However, some Republicans have figured it out:  what’s at stake is the future of radical Islam in the greater Middle East, American “sticktoitiveness”, and a victory in the face of Zawahiri and Iran.  Mike Shadegg figured out that one needs to articulate this message, even if John Boehner has been as quite as Bush on this issue.