Sophistication
By Must read: Marc Lynch on Biden’s meaningless, preening “sophistication.” It’s one of those ideas that might sound like it’s worth thinking about for out three seconds if you don’t know much about Iraq. But it’s different, it’s complicated, it’s sophisticated.
What I don’t exactly get is why 74 US Senators are enabling Biden here. If they think this makes it look they’re supporting a “clean exit strategy” they’re not thinking very hard, or assuming their constituents won’t either. I’d like to think most of the 74 know this is a pretty terrible idea (perhaps that’s overly generous), so I’m left looking for the political angle. It’s not at all clear to me.