The Post-Con Bandwagon Rolls On
January 8, 2008 at 12:44 pm
We’ve noticed often in the past that the Washington Post editorial page frequently out-hawks the Democrats on Iraq and terrorism.
We called it “a new brand of neoconservatism: a Post-Con.”
The editorial page serves up another juicy example today:
“AT SATURDAY’S New Hampshire debate, Democratic candidates were confronted with a question that they have been ducking for some time: Can they concede that the “surge” of U.S. troops in Iraq has worked? All of them vehemently opposed the troop increase when President Bush proposed it a year ago; both Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama introduced legislation to reverse it. Now it’s indisputable that the surge has drastically reduced violence. … any U.S. policy ought to be aimed at consolidating the gains of the past year and ensuring that neither al-Qaeda nor sectarian war make a comeback. So far, the Democratic candidates have refused even to consider that challenge.”
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