Revised by reality
Well, whaddya know. Looks like the propagandists at the NYT might finally be on board with winning a war a Democrat didn’t initiate. Taranto observes:
It is awfully generous of the Times to forgive Obama’s supporters for believing what they read in the Times.
It must be said that not everyone is surprised to find Obama’s campaign promises “muted by reality.” Those of us who were paying attention to reality before Nov. 4 never took Obama’s pledge to flee Iraq seriously. Although it is especially repugnant to seek political gain by promising to lose a war, it is also common for presidential candidates to make unrealistic promises, especially on foreign policy, and disregard them once elected. (Remember how George W. Bush was going to stop “nation building” and Bill Clinton was going to get tough on the Red Chinese?)
Obama thus is carrying on a long tradition of making empty and irresponsible promises. While he may deliver victory in Iraq, his war against cynicism has already been lost.
One quibble: Obama won’t be “delivering victory” in Iraq. if there’s any victory to be had, and it happens to occur during his Regency, he’ll have fallen ass-backwards into it. Which, needless to say, won’t stop the Obamedia from giving him credit for it, and for everything else the King of Kings doesn’t manage to actively screw up.
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