Doesn't matter. We are going to leave Iraq, maybe with a military liaison forever, but our patrol soldiers will be out of there in four years, probably not less. We should use the Ford opinion rather than let the Dims have it for free.
Your idea is the stuff of Moronism.
If we want out, we don't need the dead words of a dead lame-brain liberal Republican. We have plenty of lame-brains, plenty of liberals, and plenty of idiot liberal republicans around.
You really think you're on to something with this brain storm of yours, that somehow Ford's opinion can be the cover for a retreat, but NEWS FLASH: your idea is moronic.