The Two Faces of Rudy Giuliani

We can either have a President who shapes the affairs of the world, or have a President that lets the affairs of the world shape the Presidency. When taking a look at Rudy Giuliani , and the rhetoric coming from his campaign for The White House, it is apparent that this man will let events shape his Presidency, which is a shame.

Some of the comments that he has made make it abundantly clear that this war in Iraq has already turned him from a man with a pro-active policy, into a man with a retroactive policy. He now says that he will increase the size of the Army and add 10 brigades. He says that he will add a force that will be a hybrid type of force that will have the ability to rebuild areas that we defeat quickly as in the case of Iraq. Speaking at the Citadel Giuliani said;

"We also have to think about the constructive role that America plays in combat zones when the fighting is over," he said. "The reality is that America is sometimes faced with a difficult choice. After defeating the enemy as we did in Iraq, after a sudden victory in deposing Saddam Hussein, we have a choice." "It will be difficult," he said, "and will require a new organization of our military and civilian components that are needed to do this - some kind of hybrid we're going to have to create."

What is this man proposing? What victory? Maybe Rudy believes that we initially scored a victory and because we didn't have this "hybrid" force to cement it, we now find ourselves in a position where we need 10 new brigades. I truly don't understand what the hell he's talking about. He tries to clear it up with another view on Iraq;

"Final victory will take time," he said. "The cold war took years, but we prevailed. And it will happen, and on that day your generation will take its place beside the greatest generations in our nation's history."

Oh, I can't wait.