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Ahmed Qusai Al-Taayie

That is the name of the naturalised Iraqi-American soldier being held captive in Sadr City.  As much as I hate to say anything positive about Andrew Sullivan, he has been one of the few on the right (broadly defined) to take this story seriously: Why is this not the lead item on the news? If this were a Democratic […]

That is the name of the naturalised Iraqi-American soldier being held captive in Sadr City.  As much as I hate to say anything positive about Andrew Sullivan, he has been one of the few on the right (broadly defined) to take this story seriously:

Why is this not the lead item on the news? If this were a Democratic president abandoning a U.S. soldier to a Shiite militia, do you think the Republicans would not be protesting this from the rooftops? Where is McCain? Or is this another example of what has happened to him?

It is sad that most of the people who are noticing this happen seem to be mostly critics of the administration and of the war, when it ought to be the supporters of the war who should feel more betrayed than anyone.  Opponents of the war expect the administration to commit grievous errors, but people who still support the war do so based to some degree on their confidence in the President and his claims that Maliki’s government is headed in the right direction.  Clearly, instead of being the promised source of future stability in Iraq it is an ally of the very forces of disintegration that are destroying Iraq.  We should get our soldier back and then begin preparing to withdraw in the next few months.

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