Corked Posted by Patrick Barry

Senator Corker sullies his burgeoning reputation as a sensible conservative somewhat, by alleging that the Administration's reduced ambitions in Afghanistan and use of a loose, conditions based timetable for its strategy is a political bone for frustrated progressives.  Two things in response. First, skeptical progressives deserve way more credit than that and two, as Gates, Mullen and Clinton and the President have repeatedly stated, U.S. strategy has to be grounded in realistic expectations of our capacity, and what is achievable.  This entails resisting the pull into any kind of long-term and unsustainable occupation of the country.  People can disagree on whether they fully appreciate their own wisdom, but to suggest its just petty politics is a mis-characterization.

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Hi,
really Corker witnessed the election as part of a five-day trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan....