◼ KRAUTHAMMER: That unprecedented picture of American soldiers leaving their weapons at the door when listening to a speech by their own Secretary of Defense. I mean, that is the equivalent of, the diplomatic equivalent of, helicopters on the roof of the embassy. - Real Clear Politics Video
It is a sign of how much our policy is in disarray and I think it comes from the top. When the president announces from the beginning of surge and withdrawal. We are now in a withdrawal phase and once a withdrawal happens in a counter-insurgency, it does downhill very fast.
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