On July 16th undersecretary of Defense Eric Edelman(bio here:http://www.defenselink.mil/...)responded to questions Senator Clinton asked about redeploying our forces out of Iraq.
He wrote,
"Premature and public discussion of the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq reinforces enemy propaganda that the United States will abandon its allies in Iraq, much as we are perceived to have done in Vietnam, Lebanon and Somalia,"
There is no question that this response to a responsibly asked question by a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee was reasonable and appropriate, and the administration's response was a typical overreaction to any questioning of their failed policies.
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