Comments on: John McCain “freely” strolls through Bagdad market http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/04/02/john-mccain-freely-strolls-through-bagdad-market/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:37:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: grumpypilgrim http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/04/02/john-mccain-freely-strolls-through-bagdad-market/#comment-11478 grumpypilgrim Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:24:39 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1185#comment-11478 McCain has long supported Bush's foolish idea to invade Iraq; therefore, in the face of the looming disaster there, McCain faces the same choice Bush faces: either flip-flop and admit he was wrong, or else dig in and find some way to claim he was right to do what he did because Iraq is improving. An honest man would do the former; one with cognitive dissonance would do the latter. McCain has long supported Bush’s foolish idea to invade Iraq; therefore, in the face of the looming disaster there, McCain faces the same choice Bush faces: either flip-flop and admit he was wrong, or else dig in and find some way to claim he was right to do what he did because Iraq is improving. An honest man would do the former; one with cognitive dissonance would do the latter.

]]> By: Tim Hogan http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/04/02/john-mccain-freely-strolls-through-bagdad-market/#comment-11465 Tim Hogan Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:18:07 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1185#comment-11465 I think I could walk freely though the market with a hundred heavily armed and fiercely trained troops around me, maybe even without the helicopters. So we tie up a couple tens of millions of dollars in troops, training, and equipment for a GOP actuality? Sounds like "Mission Accomplished" all over again to me. I think I could walk freely though the market with a hundred heavily armed and fiercely trained troops around me, maybe even without the helicopters.

So we tie up a couple tens of millions of dollars in troops, training, and equipment for a GOP actuality?

Sounds like “Mission Accomplished” all over again to me.

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