From the NYT’s Week in Review, a good question.
…the public appears evenly split on what to do about it. Half say the United States should keep its troops in Iraq and the other half want the soldiers brought home. Half support a firm timetable for withdrawal; the other half think that’s a bad idea.
So what’s a Democratic candidate for Congress to say about Iraq, beyond articulating a broad antiwar message? Should he or she present a detailed plan for extricating the country from the increasingly unpopular war? Offer support for a firm timetable for withdrawal but leave the start and end dates vague? Say that such decisions are best left to the generals on the ground? Or just keep pounding President Bush, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and the Republicans in Congress for starting a misbegotten war with no way out?
What’s your answer?
