Reply #17: The Iraq War will get bloody. So will American streets. [View All]

[tomreedtoon]

bin Laden will finally get what he wanted; an identifiable target for the Middle East to focus their hatred upon. After all, he started this war to unite Arabs against the West, and his plan is working. Iraq will become a kill zone for American soldiers, and a shooting gallery for the new trainee Arabs.

The problems with the American military will increase, and the attempt to institute a draft will fail. Unlike the Vietnam era, where going to war seemed to be patriotic, it will be seen as the height of folly. You don't send kids to war without proper weapons or equipment and keep the trust of the common people too long. (Enough parents who experienced Nam or its aftermath will remember and help their kids to hide.)

But the energized people who voted for Kerry won't let it stay there. Protests will be more often and more boistrous. They may even get more airplay. The government won't be able to effectively isolate or respond to the protests, which will find unique (and perhaps insider-guided) ways around the Secret Service and the police. Imagine the "police riot" of Chicago 1968 filmed from many perspectives by camcorders in the crowd.

And most important, a lot of wrath, like the kind espressed here, will be aimed at the Democratic leadership. They produced these two losing campaigns in a row; they will be held accountable.