Why can't Democratic foreign policy elites take a clear position on the war in Iraq?

[marmar]

from The Nation:


BLOG | Posted 08/01/2007 @ 11:31am
For, Against & For The War

Ari Berman

Before he was against getting out of Iraq, Michael O'Hanlon was for it.

In May 2004, the foreign policy specialist (and frequent advisor to Democratic candidates) penned a Washington Post op-ed with his Brooking Institution colleague James Steinberg entitled, "Set a Date to Pull Out."

"Unless we restore the Iraqi people's confidence in our role, failure is not only an option but a likelihood," they wrote. "Critical to achieving our goal is an announced decision to end the current military deployment by the end of next year."

But O'Hanlon, for reasons unexplained, seems to have had a change of heart. He supported the escalation of troops. And after a recent eight day tour of Iraq, on the invitation of his old Princeton buddy David Petraeus, O'Hanlon and Iraq war cheerleader extraordinaire Ken Pollack wrote an op-ed in the New York Times on Monday entitled, "A War We Just Might Win." ......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion?bid=15

[pansypoo53219]

1. because it is too fucking grey

no easy answers now.

[Demeter]

2. Because Too Much Money Is Sloshing Around

and not enough integrity.