Cost Posted by Michael Signer

I just watched John McCain be interviewed by Katie Couric and concede that cost and budgeting the war were crucial concerns.  I was struck by one change: the President's speech has already shaped a new landscape for his opponents, one where cost, containment, and an overt strategy (by definition, debatable) are the defining features.  It's unfamiliar terrain, to be sure -- not just given the recent history of the Bush administration but also other conflicts such as LBJ's conduct of Vietnam or Reagan's Nicaraguan policy.  But probably for a nation grappling with a new direction in a new age, grounding us in hard concerns before groping for the clouds is the right path. 

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