Admit It: The Surge Worked(via Instapundit)
It's no longer a close call: President Bush was right about the surge. . .
[I]f Iraq overall represents a massive stain on Bush's record, his decision to increase America's troop presence in late 2006 now looks like his finest hour. Given the mood in Washington and the country as a whole, it would have been far easier to do the opposite. Politically, Bush took the path of most resistance. He endured an avalanche of scorn, and now he has been vindicated. He was not only right; he was courageous.
It's time for Democrats to say so. During the campaign they rarely did for fear of jeopardizing Barack Obama's chances of winning the presidency. But today, the hesitation is less tactical than emotional. Most Democrats think Bush has been an atrocious president, and they want to usher him out of office with the jeers he so richly deserves. Even if they suspect, in their heart of hearts, that he was right about the surge, they don't want to give him the satisfaction.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
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Peter Beinart in Sunday's Washington Post:
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> Even if they suspect, in their heart of hearts, that he was right about the surge, they don't want to give him the satisfaction.
They would have to have hearts to have a "heart of hearts".
Down, though, in the blackest parts of their evil, twisted, wretched little souls, though... they know... they know.
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