Leaked Letter Reveals Conservative Strategy For Iraq Debate: Don’t Talk About Iraq

 

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But a leaked letter obtained today by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer’s (D-MD) office reveals that conservatives have formulated a strategy to avoid talking about the central question of the debate.

In the letter, leading conservative Reps. John Shadegg (R-AZ) and Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) inform their allies: “The debate should not be about the surge or its details. This debate should not even be about the Iraq war to date, mistakes that have been made, or whether we can, or cannot, win militarily.” Shadegg and Hoekstra warn, if conservatives are forced to debate “the surge or the current situation in Iraq, we lose.”

Read it:

Instead, they write, “the debate must be about the global threat of the radical Islamic movement.” The problem is they lose that debate too.

Source: Think Progress » Leaked Letter Reveals Conservative Strategy For Iraq Debate: Don’t Talk About Iraq