From Thinkprogress:
CBS Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer said this morning that one of the lessons we learned from Vietnam “is that we were asking the wrong question” to our generals. “When we have to ask, are we winning? we’re probably losing. Victory is always obvious,” he said.
Let me preempt that question to General Petraeus. We haven’t lost this war, but we’re not winning it. We’re hanging on. Victory would be obvious. Iraqi families would be strolling the streets of Baghdad, and Osama bin Laden would be walking out of a cave somewhere with his hands up.
Instead of that question, let’s hope the general will be asked what we so often forgot during Vietnam: Is this worth the cost in lives and money?
2 comments:
Osama bin laden walking out of a cave with his hands up......LOL, has he just got back from a drinking binge at the Crawford Ranch with the Gerbil and hasn't sobered up yet?
Bob is right and he sould come back to prime time. Petraeus will say what he's told to say and nothing more. It's a shame that American people and the elected officials will allow our troops to continue to die as Iraq does nothing to help themselves.
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