"The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it." Like gold, I suppose.
The President claimed "all" of our troops are coming home from Iraq – this in spite of repeated statements by military commanders and other US officials that at least 50,000 will be staying indefinitely, and will furthermore be engaged in combatoperations alongside the Iraqis.
I noticed that, too. Of course, he didn't say when. And he didn't say what we would leave behind - maybe it will be "advisors" or maybe even "privatized soldiers".
Oh, but there was never any chance of a Republican yelling out "You lie!" – not this time. Although I had some hope that Dennis Kucinich might be up for it – but, alas, no…
Alas.
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