...as I see it...those soldiers in Iraq and at the Pentagon who want
perpetual war...have no clothes on at the end of this debate with Bill
Arkin ....

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2007/07/declaration_part_ii.html
Early Warning by William Arkin
Declaration, Part II
A followup to my "declaration" from yesterday: Thanks to the many
military readers who have sent email, evidently too fearful of their
commanders and their own government to leave comments on a blog, even
anonymously.

The two major critiques are that I'm proposing returning to the failed
policies of the past, and that terrorists will pursue their terror
regardless of whether we stand down in the "war."

Let me respond to my readers on both counts.

The United States needs to end the "war" against terrorism and
reorient the fight, giving more emphasis to non-military efforts, and
most important, pulling back on its overt military efforts and start
reducing the U.S. military footprint in the Middle East.

This is not a suggestion to return to the "failed" policies of the
past. I don't want a White House that is so intent on pursuing an
ideological rejectionist agenda that it can't see the threat. I don't...