Sunday, January 07, 2007
Kay: Iraq Is 'A Hard Call Right Now'
According to the L.A. Times, New Congress leery of Bush's Iraq plans. Amazingly, that includes our own staunch warmonger, Kay Bailey Hutchison:
Those are wise words, which few would argue with. Too bad they're four years too late. Shouldn't we have known "what the mission is and what it will take to do the mission," before we started the mission?!
Well, even if it's because of the political pressure of a Democrat-controlled Congress, I guess it's better that she pull her head out later, rather than never.
Many Republicans, who until recently have overwhelmingly backed his foreign policy, fretted that the administration's plans to significantly reduce sectarian violence in Iraq remained unclear.
"We need to know what the mission is and what it will take to do the mission," said Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, a Texas Republican close to the president.
A few months ago, Hutchison called for more troops in Iraq; on Thursday, she said she was unsure that would be the wisest course.
"This is a hard call right now," said Hutchison, who added that she had not had any conversations with the White House about Bush's announcement.
Those are wise words, which few would argue with. Too bad they're four years too late. Shouldn't we have known "what the mission is and what it will take to do the mission," before we started the mission?!
Well, even if it's because of the political pressure of a Democrat-controlled Congress, I guess it's better that she pull her head out later, rather than never.
