And those on the Left admit their duplicity:
Democratic Rep. Donna Edwards, a vice chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, attended the premiere of the anti-war film, "Rethink Afghanistan" in Washington last night. In remarks afterward, Edwards quoted a House colleague, whom she did not identify, saying anti-war Democrats must work to rescue President Obama from his commitment to escalate the war in Afghanistan. "As one of my colleagues, who shall remain unnamed, said, 'Indeed, we may have to save this president from himself on Afghanistan,'" Edwards told the audience. "I take that really seriously."
Edwards said she believes Obama is "capable of setting aside this language of a campaign" as he decides U.S. policy in Afghanistan. "Even though we talked about Afghanistan as sort of the good war, there is no good in that war," Edwards said. "We have to be vocal and insistent on this administration and this Congress not to fall prey to the language of the good war."
Ah. Even though they talked about Afghanistan as the "good war," they didn't really mean it. They'll run from any enemy in any war under any circumstances. They just don't want the American people to know this about them until it is too late.
Just so we're clear about the honesty of the people we're dealing with on the Afghanistan debate.
UPDATE: The Left thinks that they can resolve their basic conflict of both opposing the Afghanistan War and supporting the president, by making the president lose the war. But eventually, we'll see the contradictions have an effect on the Left.
You can already see the wisps of smoke around some of them.
