With all due respect, I don’t think Mike Huckabee gets it. Says here that he said on the Today Show this morning that the U.S. perhaps should consider sending still more troops to Iraq. The link to Think Progress (it’s a liberal website, yes, but the comments are entertaining) has the video of his appearance.

“We have to make a decision — do we either pull them out or do we put whatever is necessary to make sure we don’t leave it in a bigger mess than we started with,” Huckabee answered. “More troops?” Lauer asked. “It’s possible,” said Huckabee.

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He dodged the question when Lauer suggested the U.S. might not have more troops to send in. Thanks, Rosso and Chris.

 

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