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Originally posted by sgtclub
Hence, no alternative. If we change course, we have to change to something. Having ideas is one thing, but getting agreement on the change is quite another. I'm all for other options, but nothing coherent and thought out has been put forth by anyone on either side of the aisle, and before I would endorse a change of course, I need to know what the change actually is.
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2. And it seems to me to impede one strategy without providing a single alternative strategy is highly irresponsible. It is one thing to say, don't do this, we should do this, but it is quite another to say, we can't agree on alternative, but don't continue what you are doing. Why should anyone think that the Democrats have a better insight into how to fix the problem than the administration if they can't agree on an alternative? In fact, if they can't agree on an alternative, why should we have any confidence in their criticisms of the surge? If it is so easy to see why the surge is wrong, then why isn't it easy to see what the alternative should be?
I have never heard a coherent argument of why the surge will make things worse. And if it won't make things worse, why not give it a shot? Until the Democrats can agree on an alternative, it seems really iresponsible to me to simply mess with the current strategy. Until you can come up with an single alternative, don't mess with the current plan. Simply impeding one program, never giving it a chance to see if it can succeed, is not a legitimate policy alternative, and is not a responsible course of action to take.
