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So Much for Bipartisanship

Posted by PETE ABEL, Managing Editor in Politics, War.
Apr 22nd, 2008 | Comments

The members of the ISG go their separate ways.

I am curious, how does Ed Meese say the following with a straight face?

McCain’s Iraq views are “by far” the closest to the ISG’s, says the former attorney general under President Ronald Reagan. “I think the principal, the primary, part of the report was we should go on to support the effort in Iraq and we should not cut and run or surrender,” he says.

Granted, I didn’t read the ISG report word for word, but as I recall, it called for American troops to be out of there by about … now. Didn’t it?

  • runasim
    The minute I read 'surrender' (or victory' or some such slogan) I turn the page.

    It's been clear for some time that these words are all subject to varying and ever changing definitions. More often than not, these words are just used to sell a preferred strategy position.

    Naturally then ,when Meese said 'surrender', I immediately gave up on trying to find a reasonable rationale for whatever his opinion might be.
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