THE STOPPED-CLOCK-IS-EVENTUALLY-RIGHT REPUBLICAN
He's using the phrase "bring them home with honor", in short.
- They are already coming home with honor, Senator. (It's not a Vietnam replay).
- They've completed the missions asked, with positive after-action or not.
- They've done more than what was bargained for (viz. stop loss and extended tours).
We're all ready to bring them home at the soonest possible point of minimal inconvenience, to coin an out-of-the-quagmire phrase.
There is no "military victory" to be "won" singlehandedly in Iraq. We're all ready to bring them home at the soonest possible point of minimal inconvenience, to coin an out-of-the-quagmire phrase.The idea of staying on indefinitely, at great expense - in both lives and treasure, in pursuit of an open-ended notion of "not lose" is ... not leadership.
John McCain certainly isn't the worst man in the world or even in the top 10 in his party. But, he's building support for a continuance on the same sort of false bunk that Bush did.
The bottomline: we sent them in the wrong way, without a vision that such a hugely disruptive action might well require a broad coalition of support and the fiscal support from other nations to sustain a prolonged engagement, if needs be. The fact that they were sent in the wrong way means that there is diminished chance that they can come out the "right way".
AS thinks McCain was weak.
I disagree. No one will remember last night (Simi Valley). It was just that bland.
Huckabee is the only one with a little touch of Reagan magic, I thought (and Ron Paul had all the raucous applause lines). By the way, I remember it that Romney was for timetables, even if he wasn't for publishing them or for a date certain. Anyone with a mind for economics and accountability/risk taking would be, right? Remember how the GOP all pressed Clinton mercilessly for timetables? I do.
