It is one more case of, "If we blame Bush, we don't have to take responsibility for anything."
Romney is making a mistake, IMO, by not raising the issue. Why are we still there?
When my son went to Iraq, it was about the time of the surge, and while I didn't like that he had to go, there was a point to it.
I would hate for him to have to go to Afghanistan today, where there appears to be no end game other than killing the clock until 2014, an arbitrary date after which we are to stop losing American heroes to a futile effort.
Yes, Bush started the wars, and yes I supported them from the outset and for a very long time. But it is not hypocritical to look at the facts and comprehend that our actions as well as our circumstances have changed.
It isn't as though, one day, we're going to wake up and read the headline, "TALIBAN SURRENDERS!". |
