David Gregory: ‘the left’ opposes Afghan escalation … George Will: ‘I oppose Afghan escalation’
David Gregory’s Fox News audition continued this week, as he inexplicably couched opposition to the president’s Afghanistan troop increase in partisan terms:
MR. GREGORY (to Bob Woodward): All right, I’ve just got a couple minutes left. Let’s bring it back to domestic politics here. The left does not like this war, doesn’t like this strategy. How’s this going to get paid for, Bob? Is there going to have to be some kind of war tax to pay the additional $30 billion to send 30,000 more troops?
So how to explain non-left wingers like George Will, who’s been calling for an exit from Afghanistan since August, and who reiterated the point on a better rated network today? Read more
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George Will to Dick Cheney: some ‘dithering’ before Iraq invasion would have come in handy
George Will scores the quote of the day on “This Week”:
“A bit of dithering might have been in order before we went into Iraq in pursuit of non-existent weapons of mass destruction,”
Meanwhile, the panelists must have felt somewhat diminished by having to share the table with talk radio nag Laura Ingram. Watch here.
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