The simplest things are too often the hardest to achieve

Said another way, gaining unity of effort is too often very difficult when it comes to Iraq. We’ve been there over 4 years, and yet there is still no one person in charge. Our effort depends on D.C. inter-agency cooperation, primarily Defense and State. Thanks to the present leaders there, the local cooperation is the best it has been, but there is still no one person in charge, who of course should be President as chief head knocker. Even the creation of a new job of coordinator is another fig leaf.

And the Congress appears to be clueless, caught up in democratic party investigations (as in 300 investigations in 100 days). Even Senator Lieberman tells us what Iran is doing in overt war actions that are getting our people killed, and negating our Iraq policy intents, and yet all one can read is questions about whether or not he is suggesting war. We Americans are having a really bad string of bad luck with political leaders who do not recognize the obvious that Iran is doing, and even hold one hearing to check out the intelligence, at a minimum.

And our allies are watching, too.

And as long as America again allows a safe haven, this time in Iran, any local strategy, to include a surge strategy, is doomed to fail in the end. This whole mess is way past using covert means; the American public must be informed and the Congress must vote on an Iran war, even if limited in its objectives. Let’s hope the 535 congressional armchair generals stay out of the tactics, which they are incompetent at.

And last there is the so called intelligentsia, or more commonly described as those who have influence in academia, the media, and the professional political class. While they often tear the USA down, seldom is offered corrective courses of action for which they can be held accountable, or even the consequences of their failure of their ideas. Since most recognize that what we have in the USA is unique in human history, and can fail from domestic and foreign attacks, then practicing and promoting policies that preserve this America is in our National Interest. Any other politics that do otherwise seem irresponsible behavior. For sure any such practices make the simplest things most difficult to achieve.