"Withdrawal is Not Retreat" William Arkin defends John Murtha in WP blog

[flpoljunkie]

http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2005/11/withdrawal_is_n.html#more

Withdrawal is Not Retreat

How to Get out of Iraq

Congressman John Murtha's speech on Iraq yesterday is another turning point in the Iraq debate. The President and Vice President may argue that politicians are playing politics and their feelings may be hurt that their competence and motives are called into question, but when one of the Pentagon's best friends speaks out against continuing the Iraq enterprise, the voices at the White House seem ever more puny and defensive.

So it isn't surprising that all White House spokesman Scott McClellan could say yesterday was that Murtha was "endorsing the policy positions of ... the extreme liberal wing of the Democratic Party."

McClellan challenged Murtha to explain "how retreating from Iraq makes America safer."

Step one would be for the P.R. and spin warriors at the White House to stop using the language of "retreat" to describe a needed change of course. They are making the inevitable ever more difficult.

more..worth reading in its entirety and bookmarking

[aquart]

1. Sure it is. But I don't give a damn. Nice meme, though.

[StopThief]

2. I'm certain your average. . .

frenchman would agree. :evilgrin:

[flpoljunkie]

3. You might want to read the entire article, both of you.

[ananda]

4. It's not retreat if it was..

.. an illegal, unnecessary, falsely justified war in the first place,

as it was!

[flpoljunkie]

5. Kick!