Post #137

Subject: Why you lie, George Will?

… from “Foreign Policy Under A Microscope,” by George Will, Sunday, February 17, 2008:

http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/GeorgeWill/

My responses and additions – in [brackets]….

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Regarding Iraq, Democrats have won a retrospective argument: Most Americans regret the invasion and execrate the bungled aftermath. But that will not enable the Democratic nominee to argue prospectively that what America's sacrifices have achieved should be put at risk by the essentially unconditional withdrawal of forces that both Democratic candidates promise.

[Both Democratic candidates have NOT promised “unconditional withdrawal” – essentially or otherwise.]

http://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/iraq/

"And as we replace military force with diplomacy and global leadership, Hillary will not lose sight of our very real strategic interests in the region. She would devote the resources we need to fight terrorism and will order specialized units to engage in narrow
and targeted operations against al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations in the region."

http://www.barakobama.com/issues/iraq/

"He will keep some troops in Iraq to protect our embassy and diplomats; if al Qaeda attempts to build a base within Iraq, he will keep troops in Iraq or elsewhere in the region to carry out targeted strikes on al Qaeda."

[Both Democratic candidates are calling for a return to what has worked – a Clintonian containment. Shame on ya, George Will, for NOT being honest]

And the presidency might be won by the candidate who embraces a modest conception of that office.

[Um, ya mean the proper Constitutional role?]

Voters are not seething or even restive because U.S. forces have been in Japan and Germany for 63 years and in South Korea for 58.

[Well, obviously, Americans are not dying in those places as a civil war rages. It is a shame that you have to be intellectually dishonest.]