She was SoS? No Wonder we're in this Mess.

This column by Madeleine Albright in the habitually atrocious USA Today pretty much sums up what is wrong with the left these days. After pointing out some very obvious problems in Iraq that defy easy solutions she proffers up this lovely bit of pabulum.

… the administration must do what it has steadfastly refused to do — admit mistakes; emphasize a political instead of a military strategy; do what it takes to secure the cooperation of Iraq's neighbors;…and launch, finally, an economic reconstruction program that puts paychecks in Iraqi wallets and food in Iraqi stomachs.

What insight!

Why I fondly remember reading about FDR-we have nothing to fear except our own incompetence-apologizing to the country for the multitude of screw-ups during both the European (battle of the bulge anyone) and Pacific (oh…lets pick Tarawa) campaigns during WW2. I must have forgotten him apologizing to the families of the dead soldiers for the American tanks that were pathetically under-gunned and out armored by the Germans and even the Soviets (25 years from a peasant economy).

Umm isn’t Bush pushing really hard for the first free elections in Iraq? Is this somehow a military solution? Is she aware of some sinister plan to shoot Iraqi voters? If free elections aren’t about as political as it gets then I am very confused.

Could she please give me an example of what we could possibly do beside more military action to “secure the cooperation” of Syria (a Baathist dictatorship), Saudi Arabia (home range of Wahabism) and Iran (world’s leader of state sponsored terrorism).

While I agree with her that the economic reconstruction hasn’t moved forward as I would have liked, once again she doesn’t offer even a hint of what this program should look like.

Sigh, all it seems the left can do is complain about these problems. I can’t really blame them, it’s always easier to point out problems than solve them, and the left today doesn’t seem to have many new solutions, just clichés wrapped around harping.