WHY WE CAN'T FAIL IN IRAQ

Joseph Joffe has an op-ed in the Opinion Journal titled "If Iraq Falls" - "America might have made a mistake going in, but fleeing would be a disaster." Mr. Joffe starts with the argument that President Bush's analogy of Iraq to Vietnam was ill-conceived. But, he does make some very valid points about Iraq and the Middle East. As he notes, "the Middle East is the central strategic arena of the 21st century." It's a chilling analysis of what would happen if we quit on Iraq, and one that every defeatist in this country should be required to read.