MITT ROMNEY - MORE NONSENSICAL ELECTIONEERING

I am out of SLC this week and next. However, I see from The Salt Lake Tribune web page that Mitt is in town and talking about Iraq.

Nathan Gonzalez reports on Mitt's sayings: "We have to make sure we are successful in Iraq," the Republican former Massachusetts governor said. "We will have to maintain our presence there."

I have a question for Mitt. What does "success" mean? You speak about "success." Well, then, define it. Does it mean no more bombings, no more insurgents, no more internecine killings? If so, then there is no hope of "success" in Iraq. Your "success" is mere wishful thinking of intellectual adolescents.

There is no way that the United States is going to emerge from the abyss that is Iraq and be "successful." Bush has done the unimaginable - he has cast the U.S. into a pit from which it can never emerge with its head held high. Iraq is the worst foreign policy disaster in American history, and there is no way any politician can save the U.S. from the looming inevitable defeat.

But this is the way with Mitt. He thinks he can win the election by insisting on platitudes that, when you examine them, mean nothing.