I'm sure that it is "very complicated" and that I am "not sophisticated enough" to "fully [View All]

[Atticus]

appreciate" all the "nuances" of the question, but why in hell couldn't the president have said something like:

"We are not leaving Iraq because we won. We are leaving because this is as early as we could do so responsibly after having wrongfully invaded the country and setting in motion a chain of events which soon spun out of control and was, as many predicted, used by irresponsible elements in the Middle East to recruit more fighters and foment more violence in the region"?

I have much more I could say about tonight's address, but don't believe it would be constructive, so I'll just stick with the one question.