Well, I suppose I should clarify: he agrees with ME. See, here’s what Rush said recently:
I think there’s two things we can do in Iraq. Let me run them by you and see what you think. The first thing is that we pull back out of Baghdad, and we position along the Syrian, Jordan and Iranian borders, and we say to the Iraqis:
“We’re going to stop anybody coming across these borders. No more help from Iran. No more from Syria. No more from Jordan. Nobody’s getting into this country. If we have to, we’ll go 20 miles inland in each of these countries to make sure nobody gets through, but this is on you. We will make sure nobody else gets in. Now, you go in there (the Iraqis) and you clear out Baghdad. You do it once and for all, and then we’re out.”
H/t Crooks and Liars for that one. Now let’s contrast that with what I said back in March of this year.
So you know what? I think I’m going to throw down the gauntlet right here. I know what we need to do. We need to set two more dates. Date one will be in around six to nine months when we pull half of our troops out of Iraq. At this point we keep most of the troops in Baghdad and littering the borders just to keep an eye on things and let the Iraqi forces to the most work. The second date is in twelve to sixteen months when we pull out entirely.
They sound pretty similar, no? Wait, there’s more. Here’s Rush yesterday:
We’re trying to build a democracy; these people are going to have to learn to defend it; they can only do that by failing and dusting themselves off.
Me back in March:
A kid won’t learn to ride a bike if you never let go of the frame. Iraq’s a kid on a new bike now, and unless we let them fall and get ripped up some, they’re never going to ride on their own. Them’s the facts.
Hot damn, are you reading there, Rush? Glad to have you aboard. I know it took a little while for you to come around, but that’s understandable. Either the painkillers are slowing your thought process or the viagra’s keeping the blood out of your brain. It’s cool.
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