The candidates on stage agreed generally on the need to end “endless war” in the Middle East, but their answers on strategy in the region revealed some differences in approach. Still, most on stage said they’d want at least some presence in the Middle East.
“Everyone on this stage talks about ‘nobody wants endless war,’ but the question is, when and how do you plan to get out of it?” she said.”You know, on the Senate Armed Services Committee, we have one general after another in Afghanistan who comes in and says, you know, we’ve just turned the corner. And now it’s all going to be different. And then what happens? It’s all the same for another year.”
How often does anyone get the chance to tell a joke that combines math geekery and policy wonkery?
“Hey, did you know that Afghanistan is actually a hectogon?”
“No, why?”
“It must be. I’ve heard generals say about a hundred times now that we’ve turned the corner there.”