(Note: I asked the same question in another way earlier.)
From mediamatters.org:
What Clyburn said... is that if Gen. David Petraeus were to report in September that the military effort in Iraq "is working very, very well at this point; we would be foolish to back away from it," it would cause "those 47 Blue Dogs ... to want to stay the course, and if the Republicans were to remain united, as they have been, then it would be a problem for us."
I can agree that he probably didn't mean he wanted defeat so that the Democrats would score a political victory. But what did Jim Clyburn's statement really say about his own feelings about Iraq? On the one hand, he thinks that if the surge is working, we should stay. On the other hand, he is concerned that if it really is working, the Demos will not be able to get us out. This is not necessarily "rooting for defeat," but he is blatantly fence-straddling.
Can anybody tell me exactly what he wants, both in Iraq and in Congress?
2007-08-08
11:12:50
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Martin L
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Well, none of the first three respondents has even attempted to answer the question asked, but thanks for your opinions on unrelated matters.
2007-08-09
11:29:26 ·
update #1