Mona Charen writes today, in the Washington Times:
Democrats like Mr. Murtha and California Rep. Lynn Woolsey (“I believe, if we leave, the region will pull together”) represent the myopia school. But to be fair to the Democrats, there is another perspective; call it the TDB school, best represented by Rep. David Obey of Wisconsin. Asked by the Los Angeles Times whether he didn’t think Iraq might experience violence akin to that in Bosnia during the 1990s, Mr. Obey responded: “I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s horrendous. The only hope for the Iraqis is their own damned government, and there’s slim hope for that.”
And then, a perennial: The diplomacy first, last and always school. Michigan Sen. Carl Levin, co-sponsor of a withdrawal resolution, calls for the United Nations to appoint an Iraq mediator. (Of course. Why didn’t we think of that before?) Nevada’s Sen. Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, believes we should withdraw our forces in Iraq immediately to be replaced by “tough and strong diplomacy.” Threaten me one more time with that improvised explosive device, and I might just have to convene a roundtable discussion.
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