Odd

Friday April 20, 2007 - 8:28AM EDT

So I read today that Gates said American patience is wearing thin with Iraq trying to clean up its situation. This is weird for so many reasons. First is that him being a part of the White House and their insistance on no time-table for withdraw is not exactly congruent with patience wearing thin statements. Second, since when does the invading country have the right to tell them invadees that their patience is waning for them to be able to leave the country when the invadees never asked them to come. Third the rampant insurgent violence and people's street protests are indications that the American military leaving is exactly what Iraqis would like to have happen. This is one of those weird situations in which when it is taught in history books decades later the more intelligent kids or insightful teachers will point out the absurdity of the whole situation. Like that battle in the Revolutionary War where people gathered behind the American soldiers to picnic and have a good time watching a war battle. Could people be any more dumb?