In his NYT
column today, we get an ever so minute concession from Safire:
"I now admit to having expected the war in Iraq to be won in a matter of months, not years."
Gee, that's nice. But then he goes on to say...
In return for today's grudging concession of tactical misjudgment, however, I claim this expectation: When and if we discover hidden supplies of germ weapons in Iraq or Syria, and as future confessions reveal the extent of connections between Al Qaeda and Saddam, the legion of war critics will forthrightly admit their certitude was misplaced.
Let's just wait until then, hmmm? And until then, why don't you conservatives apologise for grossly miscalculationg the rationale and the cost of the war? Come on, now. Do you really think we're going to find biological weapons in Iraq? And a couple of guys with the flu don't count.
And what's this talk about Syria?!!!