Monday, July 09, 2007

Blaming the Military   [Ramesh Ponnuru]

Robert Novak:

Some senators were left with the impression that the White House still does not recognize the scope of the Iraq dilemma. Worse yet, they see the president running out the clock until April, when a depleted U.S. military will be blamed for the fiasco. . . . 

Based on what Hadley said, one senator concluded "they just do not recognize the depth of the difficulty they are in." That difficulty entails running out of troops in nine months. Hadley increased latent fears of the U.S. military being made the fall guy — a concern shared by many retired and some active senior officers, including a current infantry division commander.

If the story's for real, then the Onion had the scoop. But I'm not sure how this could possibly work for the administration. If the military's "depleted," isn't that the administration's fault?

07/09 12:25 PMShare