Well that sure screws up a perfectly good chance to knee jerk.
I don't find his explanation any more persuasive than the original statement.
Frist should keep his lips clamped shut if he can't do better than this.
Number one, you don't telegraph to the other side that you recognize you can't win a military victory. Number two, you do NOT even hint that you want the Taliban to be a part of the government, which is the only way those sympathetic to the Taliban are going to sign on board a deal.
What this clarification amounts to is an acknowledgement of defeat and the hope we can get the Taliban to make nice.
Frist is NOT the developer of foreign policy. He's a Senate hack that can't get it right more often than not.
Next time I wish he'd stay home when he gets the urge to dip his fingers in something to fix it.
Yea .. but the the AP damage has been done ..
Knee jerk? On Free Republic? Gee whatever do you mean? It is nothing short of amazing how everyone sits here and waits for clarification. Had it been a non-litmus test passing "RINO". OMG! 1500 posts all on fire!