One Hundred Years in Iraq
Hendrik Hertzberg in The New Yorker:
The most interesting exchange came at the very end, and it was about Iraq. The money quote—the bit that could come back to haunt McCain—went like this:
Q: President Bush has talked about our staying in Iraq for fifty years.
McCain: Make it a hundred.
That’s the sound bite. That’s the headline. Now let’s look at the context, which I think is worth considering in full. . . .
