Lost at sea in Iraq

Amid all the talk about how President George Bush’s trip to Iraq will change America’s bad opinion of the war and his presidency, there are some voices of logic that demand to be heard. One such voice is Eugene Robinson, who asked the sensible question, “stay what course?”

Fresh from his triumphal visit to Baghdad — a place so dangerous he had to sneak in without even telling the Iraqi prime minister — George W. Bush is full of new resolve to stay the course in his open-ended “global war on terror.” That leaves the rest of us to wonder, in sadness and frustration, just what that course might be and where on earth it can possibly lead.

There is no answer of course. This is a war without end, without logic and without reason, a war that never should have been fought, that is making the world more dangerous.

The South Brunswick Post, The Cranbury Press

Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet