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Originally Posted by Superbelt
He has made similar statements since 9/11. What event has made him change his mind recently?
Or... Was he lying when he said we were assured a victory over terror, or lying to us now?
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I think his statement that "we can't win" is in a sense true but certainly badly timed. It gives the perception of "flip flopping" which is hurtful to any Presidential candidate.
I do not believe it's the case that he's lying by making statements that
appear opposed to each other since there are many levels of "winning". For instance, I could certainly agree that we will never wipe out terrorism so the statement that "we can't win" is true.
But, at the same time, we can destroy much of the terrorists' ability to raise funds and attack us on a major scale. In the sense that we can limit their effectiveness far better than we've done over the last 30 years I absolutely agree that we can "win".
IMO, the two are not mutually exclusive unless you narrowly define each of them in your own mind.