Couple that with what "Mr. Apparently" stumbled around the surge question and you get a picture of someone who's afraid to engage in straight talk. Romney has flipped and flopped more than a fresh mackerel on a hot sandy beach; he simply cannot be trusted with the keys to the country. All-in-all I was pleasantly surprised at the job McCain did. I believe he and Duncan Hunter were the only ones to really get the Iran-With-Nukes scenario right as you don't go to your allies, you don't go to the U.N., or the Democrats, or try diplomacy--you bomb the hell out of them just as you would have done to the Soviets doing the Cold War had Cheyenne Mountain picked up and incoming barrage of ICBMs--IRAN MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED TO HAVE THE BIG POTATO, PERIOD!
If you look later in the debate, Mitt Romney had a chance to explain himself after McCain's ridiculous and weak attack on him for saying "apparently." The bottom line is that no one has seen the Petraeus report - at least no one on that stage.
I’m going to wait -- Well, you know, we haven’t heard from General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker. I believe it’s successful, but I’m going to hold out until we hear the report. I’m going to give them the benefit of hearing that.
I know there are some early reports that they’re going to say it’s successful, and I certainly hope that’s the case. But let’s listen to their report.
And assuming success, let’s start bringing our troops back when they feel it’s the right time to do so to make sure that we -- we move to the support stage out of a posture of strength and not of a -- out of a posture of bowing to the Democrats. The Democrats want to remove al-Maliki -- they want to remove the head of the government and withdraw. That’s a policy for chaos.
Sounds pretty wise to me to wait to read or hear exactly what the report has to say before spouting off and declaring something an unequivocal success.
Or blind faith. Why even have General Patreaus present a report if we're 100% sure 'it's working'?