I ask this because behind all of the misleading rhetoric, half-truths and unkept promises, the problem with the “turn the corner” language for most people is that the corner keeps receding out of view. Suppose that “turning the corner,” so to speak, achieved nothing and simply prolonged the agony of roaming aimlessly through a maze without end? What if you could “turn” a hundred ”corners” and still be no closer to ”victory”? Could we admit at that point that it was time to bring our people home and stop wasting their lives in vain attempts at angular maneuvers?
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May 8th, 2007 at 6:05 am
Christopher B. Hayes
If we’ve been consistent in “staying the course” in Iraq, could it be we’ve turned four corners and come back to where we started? Sounds like a dog turning circles to chase its tail, or perhaps to return to its own vomit.