say what?

Kristol: ‘We won the war’ in Iraq.

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UpdateThe Wonk Room's Matt Duss notes, "I suppose if one redefines 'won' as 'completely failed to produce any of the positive effects I previously insisted would be forthcoming, but avoided the very worst imaginable outcome,' then Kristol's is a plausible statement. Here in the world of words with agreed-upon meanings, however, there is simply no defensible calculus by which the Iraq war can be judged to have been a success for U.S. foreign policy.

(Think Progress)
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So, he shouldn't have any objections to bringing our troops home then, should he?