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Originally Posted by glatt
But you understand he's talking about the political standing of his party, not about the troops, right?
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Yup
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Originally Posted by glatt
The Democrats have put pretty much all their eggs into the anti-war basket. If the war starts going well, it will put the Democrats into the position of either flip flopping on the issue or sticking to their position and looking stupid. They lose politically either way.
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And therein lieds the rub.
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Originally Posted by glatt
What they should do, is embrace any positive news because that's what any normal person would do, and then from a political point of view, they should take credit for it. They could argue that their victory in November is what pressured the Administration to change its war tactics. And they would be right.
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I think you're right - they should act like any normal person and rejoice at positive news. I'd even be willing to let them take credit
that they are responsible for the change in tactics.