no reason to believe that we might achieve something that could be plausibly described as victory
The past three years have complicated our idealism and reminded us of the limits of American power and our own wisdom.
Oh, for pity's sake. Everyone wants to "win".
The great joy of being idealistic is that you cannot lose, because you tried.
What a bunch of feckless, premature wimps, to throw in the towel so soon.
I was just starting to really like that Beinhart guy. I mean, "Why liberals and only liberals can ..." has to be one of the greatest titles of conviction that I've seen outside the looney left. I hope he didn't have a hand in this hand-washing.
