The Maximum Leader’s Minister of Agriculture begs his esteemed leader to go back and reread my posts. I am not squishy on the war.

We NEED to win.

My “mindless ranting,” if the Maximum Leader will pull his partisan head out of his proverbial partisan backside, is not pacifist in origin.

My conclusion, shared by the oh-so-liberal George Will, is that Bush is incapable of prosecuting the war to a successful conclusion.

Deciding to vote for Kerry has been a painful process. Kerry is the worst Democratic candidate in my memory. That said, if we want to win, we HAVE to change the leadership.

Those conservatives who are still backing Bush need to answer a simple question: Has the war been successful so far? No. How has Bush’s approach changed with the evolving situation? It hasn’t changed. What makes you believe that Bush will suddenly become reflective and change course? That I would like to answer. To paraphrase George Will again (only to insulate myself against the charge of mindless liberal ranting), “This administration cannot be trusted to govern if it does not think, and having thought, have second thoughts.

I’ll grant that Kerry has not really laid out a real plan for Iraq (other than some platitudes designed to attract the Deaniacs). So I’m scared. But we know that Bush’s plan is a failure.

Our choice in November, leaving all domestic policy considerations aside, is A) A lost war that drags on and on or B) A question mark. I’ll take the question mark over guaranteed failure EVERY SINGLE TIME.

Since the Maximum Leader still backs Bush, perhaps he should explain to our readers why he believes that intractable George can win. I’ll be waiting.

In fact, all conservatives should have to answer this question. They may claim to value our security above all considerations, but their blind support for our president belies that claim.