The New Road

Newt flips on the war

Newt Gingrich has flipped on the Iraq war:

"Newt Gingrich, the former Republican Speaker of the House, told students and faculty at the University of South Dakota Monday that the United States should pull out of Iraq and leave a small force there, just as it did post-war in Korea and Germany.  "It was an enormous mistake for us to try to occupy that country after June of 2003," Gingrich said during a question-and-answer session at the school. "We have to pull back, and we have to recognize it."

This is huge for several resaons. First, behind the scenes Newt was pivotal in the decision to attack Iraq, the decisions to limit the number of troops, and just completely engaged in this war in general. Second, though disgraced among liberals Newty is a hero among conservatives. He is their golden child. He appears on Hannity weekly, and often more. He is a regular on Fauxe News. So this will swing a lot of people over into the Murtha/Dean camp. Of course, Hannity will find some way to spin this as something other than "cut and run". But what the hell do I care what meathead thinks. As long as we get out.