Thursday, May 03, 2007
Quote and Comment
"We won this war four years ago. The question is when we end the occupation,"
Senator Jim Webb
When Harry Reid made his comment that America was losing the Iraq war, the Right wing media jumped on him. He would probably have been destroyed politically if he was not so completely and obviously right. The some in the liberal blogosphere realized that calling the conflict in Iraq a war plays into the right's talking points. However, the word occupation is both more accurate and loaded with lots and lots of negative connotations. What is interesting is how quickly Jim Webb has picked up on the term. Watch it become the Democrats's new talking point on Iraq.
As a further side note. It is interesting how Jim Webb has become one of the democrats leading spokesmen, given that he is a former Reagan official.
Senator Jim Webb
When Harry Reid made his comment that America was losing the Iraq war, the Right wing media jumped on him. He would probably have been destroyed politically if he was not so completely and obviously right. The some in the liberal blogosphere realized that calling the conflict in Iraq a war plays into the right's talking points. However, the word occupation is both more accurate and loaded with lots and lots of negative connotations. What is interesting is how quickly Jim Webb has picked up on the term. Watch it become the Democrats's new talking point on Iraq.
As a further side note. It is interesting how Jim Webb has become one of the democrats leading spokesmen, given that he is a former Reagan official.
