by Nicholas Beaudrot of Electoral Math
Lost in the shouting over which candidate can best pander to the Cuban exile lobby demonstrated more general election "toughness" on foreign policy as arbitrarily defined by the DC chattering class has the more effective spin machine would be more likely attempt constructive engagement with world leaders even though the nations may have huge disagreements. Hillary Clinton offered this bit of parsing on Iraq:
You know, I put forth a comprehensive three-point planto get our troops out of Iraq, and it does start with moving them outas soon as possible.
That may be true, of course, but to use a famous phrase, it all depends on what the meaning of "our troops" is. Or, perhaps, what the meaning of "as soon as possible" is. Clinton unveiled her "Plan to End the War in Iraq as President" in a July 10th speech in Iowa. Buried towards the end of the speech is this passage:
