Jon Kyl: “that letter goes to one of the points of the resolution that we are ostensibly debating, a resolution which seems to…”

“that letter goes to one of the points of the resolution that we are ostensibly debating, a resolution which seems to mock the phrase ``stay the course,'' claiming that the current stay- the-course policy has made America less secure. I guess it all depends on what you mean by stay the course because, if you mean by stay the course don't abandon the effort, then of course the administration and the Senate do not want to abandon the effort and therefore do want to stay the course. At least the people on this side of the aisle do not want to abandon the effort. But if it means don't change the way you are doing anything, obviously that is another matter. The problem is, it is a straw man for those on the other side to argue that the administration is not willing to change anything. The letter from Mr. Bolton to the distinguished minority leader will demonstrate the fact that, just as the enemy is agile and changes its tactics, so, too, has the United States changed the way that it deals with the enemy in Iraq. So, yes, stay the course if by that we mean don't abdicate the mission; no, if it means don't ever change the way you operate. The other part of the resolution I found rather odd was the condemnation of Secretary Rumsfeld, which for days now we heard is coming. I was rather bracing for an indictment of the Secretary of Defense who, of course, needs no one to defend him.…”