How ethical to widen the war?

Question

If this 21,000 troop surge by the President does not work and he somehow widens the war due to fighting with Syrians and Iranians on the border---how will history see Bush, especially to Republicans....I grant you that if his plans work this year, he will be seen in a much better light. But if Iraq does not become stable this year, Congress will not fund it enough to be worthwhile to stay. I am trying to non-partisan. If this whole Iraq effort did nothing other than put a noose around Saddam's neck, where is the payoff for America...How will you feel as a Conservative or a Republican if after 5 years of occupation nothing had been accomplished. My position is that the people of the US have given Bush the benefit of the doubt and we have nothing to show for trusting him...tell me I'm wrong

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6259903.stm

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070114/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iraq

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070113/ap_on_go_pr_wh/iraq_what_if_it_fails

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070114/ap_on_go_co/iraq_congress_at_war

this is an example of what Democrats will do if the Chief Executive thru the Justice dept. manipulates the system
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070112/ap_on_go_ot/crime_fighter_freeze

Answer 1

But for this action to be successful the question to answer would be "what does stable mean?"

For Elections? Elections have been had.

For Democracy? The country has begun a democratic transformation.

For Peace? That is a tricky question. Do you force or coerce peace and have it brewing as it apparently did in the Bosnia-croatia region? But the reason for the fighting extends past race or heritage to religious ideology pertaining to the very same religion!

Based on these points Bush has had success in Iraq even if there is something more to complain about. Could Congress force a pull out from iraq particularly when faced with highly disparaging world opinion? I don't know about that. If this were considered prior to the war they probably would have had an easier chance of saying no. But you know stratagists they never really think things through or consider the wrong things as trivial.

How much more can the fighting spread? Those from Afghanistan have moved and are fighting from other places and those still there are fighting too. Alot of wars were lost because of fighting on multiple fronts (that is a history lesson isn't it? Kudos to those stratagists.). Of course the hegemon always goes through a period like this just prior to a transition!

Answer 2

They say there's no ethics in warfare. And for Bush, there's no ethics in anything.