Romney concedes Iraq is "a mess"

[DeepModem Mom]

The Politico: Romney concedes Iraq "a mess," describes three-step plan

Confronted by an unhappy questioner, Mitt Romney said tonight at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire that the situation in Iraq "is a mess."

Romney's assessment was delivered by way of agreeing with a gentleman who stood up at a Nashua VFW post and complained that the conflict is "an unmitigated mess." "What I'd like to know is, what, if you get elected, precisely what would you do?" asked the unidentified citizen at an event carried lived by C-SPAN.

"Ok, well first of all, it is a mess," Romney quickly admitted. "So, so when you got a mess, there is no easy, good answer. Alright. The easy, good answer is to turn the clock back and do some things differently a long time ago."

While he frequently acknowledges that the post-war planning was mishandled, Romney is typically more measured in his analysis of Iraq when the question comes up on the campaign trail....

http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0907/Romney_concedes_Iraq_a_mess_describes_threestep_plan.html

[GOTV]

1. Would Romney agree that, if we could turn the clocks back...

... the bast thing would be not to put the Republicans in charge

[shain from kane]

2. "...but I have 5 big, strong boys who are willing to go there and straighten it out." Remaining

portion of soundbite evidently unheard, and unreported.

[Vickers]

6. Bwahahahaha!

:thumbsup:

[Mz Pip]

8. Beat me to it.

They are all experts in that family on Republican positions. THey could straighten Iraq out just given the chance.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[TwilightGardener]

3. LOL! And you're just the guy NOT to clean it up, Ken Doll!

[gratuitous]

4. Well, double Guantanamo for a start, right Mittens?

Apparently ramping up the torture didn't test well, so now Mitt says it's a mess, but golly there's really nothing to be done.

Here's the easy part of the answer for you, Mitt, offered free of charge: When you got a mess, first stop making it bigger and messier. Or is that too obtuse for you?

[Buzz Clik]

5. Wow. And all this time I thought Romney was simply an empty sack.

[Supersedeas]

7. noone is the Corporate Media wants to distinguish Repigs from the Pres until the surge is voted upon