Last night President Bush announced a troop surge for Iraq, and all Americans wish him well. But everyone is bound to ask: Is the moment auspicious for a change in strategy? Is victory in the stars?
I’m glad you asked. It just so happens that Comet McNaught is in the evening sky right now. In fact the best time to see it is this weekend, according to Britain’s Daily Mail. Says astronomer Nick James:
“You will need a clear western horizon and should start looking as soon as the sun sets. The comet should be obvious and the tail will be pointing almost straight up from the horizon.”
But that doesn’t really tell us what to expect in Iraq. And the trouble is that even if the troop surge succeeds in pacifying Baghdad, what then? Do the Iraqis feel enough of a sense of “Iraqiness” to unite under their unity government?
Anyway, according to the mainstream media it’s all doomed to failure. “Most Americans oppose President Bush’s call to send additional U.S. military forces to Iraq,” reports Jon Cohen in the Washington Post.
Most worrying of all is the name of the comet. It’s called “NcNaught” after the Scot Robert McNaught who discovered the comet, his 31st, from a telescope in New South Wales, Australia.
Does that mean that Bush’s new policy will amount to “NcNaught?”
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