I agree. Do you/those on your side think that conservatives are throwing confetti and tooting party horns over the fact that we ended up having to send our troops over there as a last resort?
No. No more than parents are "glad" when they have to put their drug addicted teenagers in rehab as a last resort to stop them harming themselves and others. That, too, is a "tragic disaster," but a necessary one.
think Iraq is a tragic disaster
I agree. Do you/those on your side think that conservatives are throwing confetti and tooting party horns over the fact that we ended up having to send our troops over there as a last resort?
No. No more than parents are "glad" when they have to put their drug addicted teenagers in rehab as a last resort to stop them harming themselves and others. That, too, is a "tragic disaster," but a necessary one.
Finally, Mr. Perlstein, I don't know your background or what your childhood was like, but mine was tough (see profile), and people like me and my parents who "bootstrapped" it, have very little tolerance for liberal ideals. Finally, I have been involved in G.O.P. politics since I was a teen, and NEVER have I been asked to be a "backdrop" at a political event. Through my current job, I have begun attending both Democrat events as well in the last few months (hey, it's a living), and was asked by these democrats who don't know my political leanings to "be a backdrop" recently, because they thought my being hispanic would "make the speaker look good." That's about typical.