News Analysis: Amid hints Bush will change policy, clues that he won't
Here's an interesting piece from the New York Times about the US strategy in Iraq. My particular interest is with the following excerpt:
WASHINGTON: The debate that will engulf Washington and much of the United States this week centers on a question that lurks at the intersection of war strategy and the personality of the commander in chief: after three and a half years, is President George W. Bush ready to abandon his declaration that American forces cannot begin to leave Iraq until the Iraqis demonstrate that they are capable of defending themselves?
As administration officials tried to prepare the ground over the weekend for the release of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group's long-awaited report on Wednesday, the president's national security adviser, Stephen J. Hadley, repeatedly sidestepped questions about how the administration would react to the panel's recommendations.
I don't generally comment on politics publicly, but the editorial above is very thought provoking, and essentially begs the question:
-- When is it more important to save face and remain consistent on past statements, rather than consider altering course (in a significant way) once new -- and different -- analysis is available?
And perhaps, a second question is warranted:
--If one is prone to hold fast to a particular viewpoint or statement once made, should one also be more diligent about how much information one has before producing said viewpoints and statements?
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