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Politics : Fair and Balanced-'Duties Of a Democracy'
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From: Max Fletcher3/20/2008 1:31:55 PM
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Interesting editorial by David Broder in today's Washington Post (I imagine it appears in other papers as well). With the Democrats sadly shooting themselves in the election foot, an election that should have been easily theirs might just as easily go to McCain. It's disappointing to see McCain toeing exactly in line with Bush, with not a hint of pressure on the Iraq gov't. I despair that if McCain is elected, the Iraq leadership will view that as 4 more years of blank checks and feel no need to make political progress.

When I read Petraeus's comments to The Post, just days before McCain landed in Baghdad, I thought, "What an opening he has created for McCain." Cameron W. Barr, who interviewed the general, quoted Petraeus as saying that "no one" on either the Iraqi or U.S. side "feels that there has been sufficient progress by any means in the area of national reconciliation" or the provision of basic services...Because Clinton and Obama have publicly committed to a quick start in reducing U.S. combat forces in Iraq if either becomes president, a warning shot from McCain -- even without a timetable -- would put the Iraqis on notice that the next president would not be as accommodating as Bush.

washingtonpost.com
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