Comments on: In search of a solution http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/10/24/in-search-of-a-solution/ by Jeff Jarvis Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:00:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dr. Mathews http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/10/24/in-search-of-a-solution/#comment-174655 Dr. Mathews Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:26:19 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/10/24/in-search-of-a-solution/#comment-174655 <em>For all the talk of timetables for Iraq, there has been little discussion of the timetable that must be handed to George W. Bush. The president cannot leave office with American troops still dying in an Iraq that staggers along just short of civil war, on behalf of no concrete objective other than “get the job done,” </em> Now <b>there</b> is something I can agree with. Isn't our government supposed to serve the people instead of vice versa? Instead of it telling us what we must do ... what we must endure... as far as Iraq is concerned, we need to turn the tables on it and tell <b>it</b> what it needs to do and then hold the administration to it! After all, isn't <b>that</b> the embodiment of the "democratic" ideal we were supposed to be "exporting" to the Middle East in the first place?? I also agree the US needs to demonstrate a <em>serious willingness to expand its dialogue with Damascus and Tehran beyond the issue of Iraq and to be a genuine broker for Middle East peace.</em> As an aside, there is an interesting survey of Iraqi bloggers at (http://baghdadtreasure.blogspot.com/2006/10/their-own-words.html). For all the talk of timetables for Iraq, there has been little discussion of the timetable that must be handed to George W. Bush. The president cannot leave office with American troops still dying in an Iraq that staggers along just short of civil war, on behalf of no concrete objective other than “get the job done,”

Now there is something I can agree with. Isn’t our government supposed to serve the people instead of vice versa? Instead of it telling us what we must do … what we must endure… as far as Iraq is concerned, we need to turn the tables on it and tell it what it needs to do and then hold the administration to it! After all, isn’t that the embodiment of the “democratic” ideal we were supposed to be “exporting” to the Middle East in the first place??

I also agree the US needs to demonstrate a serious willingness to expand its dialogue with Damascus and Tehran beyond the issue of Iraq and to be a genuine broker for Middle East peace.

As an aside, there is an interesting survey of Iraqi bloggers at (http://baghdadtreasure.blogspot.com/2006/10/their-own-words.html).

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