Well it's a week later, but I didn't really have time to post in the immediate aftermath. But one of the things I took from the debate -- one of the things we've gotta keep in mind as we keep thinking "Oh Holy God I don't even believe in don't let John McCain win" -- is that this really is about the War Party against the Other War Party.
The War Party tells us that General Petraeus is the greatest general in American history for finally applying principles that others had been talking about for years. The War Party will continue to focus on Iraq and just maybe attack Iran as well. The War Party will achieve victory in Iraq.
But the War Party is wrong! says the Other War Party. The Other War Party will increase our forces in Afghanistan and expand the War into Pakistan. The Other War Party will finally defeat Osama bin Laden.
(And please Sshhh and don't mention the fact that the Other War Party's candidate's foreign policy adviser has been advocating an expanded US presence in Central Asia since the 1990s) (P.s. sorry I can't find a link about Brzezinski that isn't from a paranoid website) (But read his book, it's interesting/horrifying).
And of course, the War Party and the Other War Party have identical stances on whether or not Russia's retaliatory attack on Georgia was somehow "aggression."
So there you have it.
...Not that you didn't know it already.
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