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Scott Bradford: Off on a Tangent

Fresh Eyes on Iraq

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Representative Frank Wolf (R-VA 10th) has just returned from his third trip to Iraq, and he shares his thoughts in the Washington Post this morning. Things in Iraq are not as good as I had hoped they would be by now, but—despite the constantly-negative media reports about terrorism and insurgency—things have been steadily improving.

While part of Wolf’s piece discusses these things that are improving, he also has some good ideas on how to effectively communicate to the American people how important it is to stay the course (no matter what you thought of the war in the first place). He proposes an independent review of the war, what mistakes may have been made, how we can do a better job, and what the cost of defeat would be. It’s worth a serious read.

Scott Bradford has been putting his opinions on his website since 1995—before most people knew what a website was. He has been a professional web developer in the public- and private-sector for over twenty years. He is an independent constitutional conservative who believes in human rights and limited government, and a Catholic Christian whose beliefs are summarized in the Nicene Creed. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from George Mason University. He loves Pink Floyd and can play the bass guitar . . . sort-of. He’s a husband, pet lover, amateur radio operator, and classic AMC/Jeep enthusiast.