President Recommends Drawdown; Democrats Demand ‘New Course’

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It’s indisputable–even elementary–that in order to solve a policy challenge, you need to assess it and recommend an appropriate course of action. If the problem changes, then you have to reassess your approach. If your approach is simply to recommend ‘something different’ from the current policy–no matter what that policy is, you’re not taking the issue seriously. In Iraq news, Congressional Democrats continue to press for a ‘change in course’ on Iraq. This is what they called for prior to the beginning of Operation Phantom Thunder, during the operation, and now that the operation is nearing an end. Congressional Quarterly reports:

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