What does Capturing Saddam Mean? Part 1

Here's Cal Thomas's take on the issue.

"The critics - political and journalistic - who said the administration's efforts were failing have been proved wrong. These would include not only the United Nations, but also France and Germany and much of the liberal media establishment, especially the virulently anti-Bush and anti-American British press."

Well, conservatives have tried this gambit before, haven't they? After the most powerful military force in history crushed a third world army, Conservatives everywhere rang out the cry that we liberals had been proved wrong. We had, apparently, claimed that the military could never win.

Well, once again we are proven wrong, because apparently we boiled down all the myriad failures of President Bush's administration into one succinct little point; President Bush hasn't caught Saddam, the occupation has failed.

Of course here on planet earth, Mr. Thomas's comments aren't all that plausible--the truth is that we've criticized lots of aspects of the occupation. The failure to provide enough troops to prevent rioting for example. Or the pretty predictable rise in anti-American guerillas. So maybe there are still some valid critiques of President Bush, even after we got Saddam.