Whoever sent me to that C-Span link has much to answer for.
That is the most disgusting display of lame pessimism and preemptive doubt I have ever heard.
Those voices!
Those idiots!
The General should not have to sit there for this and neither should we.
Just think of all the campaign ads this’ll generate. The ‘Rats in their own words. Let ‘em spew. The general brought the rope. Now let’s watch the ‘Rats hang themselves with it.