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Take The Pledge.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)(Editorial)
Iraq: Waffling on the war gives the enemy hope. Democrats have a right to criticize, but they also need to make a clear commitment to victory.
We have an image -- not pleasant, but plausible -- of Saddam Hussein in a bunker somewhere in the Sunni Triangle, very much alive and pleased with the way things are going.
He may have lost most of his country for now. But he sees reason to hope that he can outlast his nemesis, George W. Bush, and reclaim Iraq.
He notes American frustration over Iraq, which is sure to get worse in the wake of Sunday's attack that downed an Army helicopter and killed 16 troops. And he sees that U.S. politicians are not united on the question of where to go from here.
Some of Bush's would-be replacements in the Democratic Party are doing an especially good job of sowing doubt about the future.
And doubt is just what Saddam needs. As long as Iraqis are not absolutely sure that he's gone for good, they'll hedge their bets and keep their distance from the Americans, looking on but not helping as U.S. troops fight and die.
We don't accuse the leading Democratic hopefuls of wanting America's enemies to win in Iraq. We don't question their patriotism. But we do wonder if some of them fully understand the impact of their shifting positions and rhetoric on the war.
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