Truth and Reconciliation

Imagine a press conference on the lawn of the White House where the President of the United States stands up and says the following:

Yes, my position on fighting in Iraq has turned 180 degrees from four years ago. I thought then that fighting in Iraq was the best way to defeat Islamist terrorism. After four years of observing it, and its actual empowerment of Islamist terrorism, I've changed my mind.

It seems that this will never happen. But it has for self-avowed small-c conservative blogger Andrew Sullivan. If you are not a regular reader of the Daily Dish, I recommend you become one.

Mr. Sullivan ends his posting (titled Busted) with a most compelling quotation that I wish someone from the White House press corp would ask the President at their next opportunity:

But as Keynes said, "When the facts change, I change my mind - what do you do, sir?"

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