To: The
Honorable Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
From: Doug Page, freelance writer, blogger, registered
independent
From: Doug Page, freelance writer, blogger, registered
independent
Date: June
18, 2014
Re: Iraq
Dear Madam Secretary:
You better be texting POTUS about
this situation, telling him to
make damn sure he doesn’t lose Baghdad to
those crazed terrorists
in the ISIS. If you're not, you’re hardly a serious contender for
becoming the next president of the United States – book or no book!
becoming the next president of the United States – book or no book!
Sure, the Iraq War under
President George W. Bush wasn’t popular
but if Baghdad falls on President
Obama’s watch, the former president
will look like the best commander in chief since
Ronald Reagan.
The average American voter will
see in the Democrats exactly what
you don’t want them to perceive – a
political party so run by its
peaceniks that it’s prepared to surrender any ally,
even questionable
ones, to anyone, including a band of renegades who,
according to
The Economist, make
al-Qaida look reasonable.[i]
Anyone associated with the
Democratic Party, regardless of what
office they’re running for this year or
two years from now, will be
considered suspicious on national security.
Including you if you’re the
Democratic presidential nominee!
Say what you want about national
security – that it’s only near and
dear to the Tea Party and other assorted
right-wing extremists – but
if the ISIS wins in Iraq, enough Americans will feel
threatened to
prevent you from winning a key state, like Ohio or
Michigan, and
sending the Republican presidential nominee into the White House.
In fact, the next time you speak
with President Obama, you might tell
him that if he doesn’t save Baghdad,
Jeb Bush may be the biggest
beneficiary. Not only will it elevate his
candidacy for his party’s
presidential nomination it will also improve his chances
of winning
the general election in November 2016.
And if Baghdad goes down, it
could put you in a very uncomfortable
position, one likely not seen since Hubert
Humphrey ran for president
in 1968.
You’ll be forced to distance yourself from the
White House.
Like Humphrey, it's highly unlikely you'll be considered believable
Like Humphrey, it's highly unlikely you'll be considered believable
since you worked for President Obama. Most American voters won’t
be able to separate you from him.
be able to separate you from him.
Don’t forget Benghazi. Any fall of Baghdad piles onto that
situation,
making you look less credible on
national defense.
Finally, you need to control the
far left in your party, reminding
them the world is filled with danger.
As British historian Jeremy Black
reminds us in his book, War and
The New Disorder in the 21st Century, “One prediction seems
safe:
talk of obsolescence, even end, of war will prove
misplaced, and will
be mocked by the rictus on the face of the dead.”[ii]
[i] “Terror’s
New Headquarters,” The Economist, June 14, 2014: http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21604160-iraqs-second-city-has-fallen-group-wants-create-state-which-wage-jihad
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