Sen. Smith: I simply hit the end of the rope if you will. I felt I had to speak up because if these sacrifices are being made in pursuit of policy that cannot succeed then we need to admit it and readjust in a way that the American people and our soldiers find worth the sacrifice and this is not.
—I find examples like the British generals day after day in the first world war would send thousands of their men running into machine guns and not make adjustments. I find that criminal.
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or politically expedient?
Oregon is squarely against the war.
Smith is up for re-election.
He's a smart guy. Are these his values? Prior votes in favor of war? Let's add this up. I am suspicious of this move on his part.