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Kristol On War Critics: �It�s So Irresponsible That They Can�t Be Quiet For Six Or Nine Months�

This morning on Fox News, Weekly Standard editor William Kristol said that opponents of escalation in Congress are �leap-frogging each other in the degrees of irresponsibility they�re willing to advocate.� Kristol said, �It�s just unbelievable. � It�s so irresponsible that they can�t be quiet for six or nine months,� adding, �You really wonder, do they want it to work or not? I really wonder that.�

NPR�s Juan Williams told Kristol his analysis was �totally ahistorical,� and pointed out that yesterday was the deadliest day for U.S forces in Iraq in two years. �There�s something going on here you might pay attention to as opposed to just the politics of, �If you don�t support this president, you don�t really want us to win.��

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KRISTOL: They�re playing � they�re leap-frogging each other in the degrees of irresponsibility they�re willing to advocate. And I really think people are being too sort of complacent and forgiving almost of the Democrats. �Oh, it�s politics, of course. One of them has a non-binding resolution. The other has a cap.� It�s all totally irresponsible. It�s just unbelievable. The president is sending over a new commander, he�s sending over troops, and the Democratic Congress, in a pseudo-binding way or non-binding way, is saying, �It won�t work. Forget it. You troops, you�re going over there in a pointless mission. Iraqis who might side with us, forget it, we�re going to pull the plug.� It�s so irresponsible that they can�t be quiet for six or nine months and say the president has made a decision, we�re not going to change that decision, we�re not going to cut off funds and insist on the troops coming back, so let�s give it a chance to work. You really wonder, do they want it to work or not? I really wonder that. I hate to say this about the Democrats. They�re people I know personally and I respect some of them. Do they want it to succeed or not?

WILLIAMS: I think everybody wants it to succeed who believes in the idea that we are over there and our people are at stake. I don�t think there�s any question. I think that�s sort of a rhetorical tool on your part. But your analysis seems to be totally ahistorical. It�s as if mistakes haven�t been made repeatedly, as if people don�t feel like they�ve been misled down this path, that there�s been tremendous support for this president and war effort and it�s come to naught. It�s come to a bad place. Yesterday was the deadliest, I think, in two years. Nineteen Americans killed. There�s something going on here you might pay attention to as opposed to just the politics of, if you don�t support this president, you don�t really want us to win.

KRISTOL: What are Democrats doing that would change the 19 Americans that were killed yesterday? Nothing. Zero. Except, except no reinforcements. You guys are on your own. That�s what they�re saying.

WILLIAMS: If you think � do you think reinforcements will make some radical change? No. I think what people are saying is, it�s time to redeploy, look at new strategies, look at political compromise. That�s what�s not being done by this administration.

If Bill Kristol was responsible, he'd listen to the critics and stop pretending the surge will work