Fox's Iraq War Cheerleaders Are Crestfallen Over Withdrawal

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http://mediamatters.org/blog/201110220001

October 22, 2011 1:23 am ET by Todd Gregory

Many of the commentators in the Fox News stable were outspoken advocates of the war in Iraq. They have reacted to President Obama's announcement that all U.S. troops will leave Iraq by the end of the year by expressing disapproval and a desire to remain in Iraq for decades, despite the fact that the central justification for the war -- Iraq's supposed possession of weapons of mass destruction -- turned out to be completely wrong.

On the October 22 edition of Special Report, Weekly Standard writer Stephen Hayes and Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer trashed the Obama administration over the announcement. Hayes called the withdrawal "a major setback" and "a disservice to our men and women in uniform," and Krauthammer said it was a "big, big failure."

Krauthammer also endorsed keeping tens of thousands of U.S. troops in Iraq "the same way that we retained forces in Korea, Germany, and Japan 50 years ago, to our advantage":

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Kruthummer is a worthless piece of trash.

I can't stand the guy.

[mwb970]

2. Agreed.

Of course he is wrong about everything (he's a republican), but he is very annoying on top of it.

[spanone]

3. let them sign up as mecenaries....enjoy it boys

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. +1

hahahahaha.

[Kolesar]

6. Sourkraut can fly a predator drone from his wheelchair

And eat Army chow.

[Scuba]

5. After carefully considering their commentary...

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[DirkGently]

7. The "It's just like Germany" ploy has been used here to defend the massive "embassy"

we're leaving, per Bush's plans. Imperialist logic apparently has a broad appeal.