Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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>>>But is Sanchez advocating that we cut and run? The answer is no, but that is that much less interesting to the media and to the left, than your quote, which taken in isolation, separate from the entire text, conveys a different message, than he, in fact delivered.<<<


Such as what? He says complete withdrawal is out of the question but he also says this:


"Reporter Sig Christenson, who has covered military issues, attended the speech and told CBS News that General Sanchez does not believe the United States is capable of turning the situation in Iraq around.

"There is nothing going on today in Washington that would give us hope" that things are going to change, he said.

"The American military finds itself in an intractable situation ... America has no choice but to continue our efforts in Iraq," said Sanchez, who works as a consultant training U.S. generals.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/13/iraq/main3363824.shtml


Where's the hope?