Conflicting views
So Us Senator Chuck Hagel says that the US should get the hell out of Iraq, because (having not gone into it properly; Hagel is one of the guys who advocated taking more troops in in the first place) all they're doing is destabilizing the region and turning it into something like Vietnam.
Senator Lindsay Graham, on the other hand, says that "US security is tied to success in Iraq". Which makes me want to smack him. Because he is either ignorant or lying, or in possession of facts that the US has never bothered sharing with its citizens.
But what's interesting is that they're both Republicans. One wonders if the smear machine is going to start being used on people like Hagel (and, of course, I have no idea where he stands on other important issues, so it's not as if I'm claiming he's some sort of saint).
Senator Lindsay Graham, on the other hand, says that "US security is tied to success in Iraq". Which makes me want to smack him. Because he is either ignorant or lying, or in possession of facts that the US has never bothered sharing with its citizens.
But what's interesting is that they're both Republicans. One wonders if the smear machine is going to start being used on people like Hagel (and, of course, I have no idea where he stands on other important issues, so it's not as if I'm claiming he's some sort of saint).
Hagel is one of those crusty, unmemorable Midwestern elected officials who are, unfortunately, a dying breed. He says what he means without a lot of Gotham buzzwords like "signals." He's also been right about Iraq since well before the war started.
Posted by
Alfred Soto |
2:09 PM
Sounds that way. It's also nice to see a politician revise his opinion as the situation changes without packpedalling, eh?
Posted by
Ian |
5:37 PM