Comments on: Hagel’s Afghan trip: A disaster that went way off script http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/46790 The oldest political news site on the Internet Thu, 23 May 2013 05:44:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jon http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/46790/comment-page-1#comment-239448 Jon Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:40:38 +0000 http://www.capitolhillblue.com/?p=46790#comment-239448 That it “challenged the American Narrative” may be because the “American Narrative” is unmitigated horse manure. High time the facts intruded into the fantasy.

J.

]]> By: Jon http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/46790/comment-page-1#comment-239446 Jon Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:38:06 +0000 http://www.capitolhillblue.com/?p=46790#comment-239446 I think they find many facts on fact-finding trips, but it’s a pity there’s never an examination afterwards of the Congresspeople involved; “So, just what did you learn from your fact-finding trip to that private five-star resort in the Dominican Republic | Kenya | South Korea | Nevada | etc…”.

I don’t think the Ethics Committees would be happy with the answer “The amazing things that girl would do for only $50. What an impoverished country. Definitely needs a grant to develop their tourism industry, because in DC that would cost $5,000 or more”.

Accurate and honest though that answer might be.

J.

]]> By: Mark Thomason http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/46790/comment-page-1#comment-239364 Mark Thomason Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:57:00 +0000 http://www.capitolhillblue.com/?p=46790#comment-239364 Visiting politicians usually claim such trips are for them to learn something. Usually they arrive and try to tell, not learn. Perhaps this time he actually was schooled in reality. It would help.

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