David Gergen actually said...

"It's extraordinarily muddled. The Middle East is a very, very complex place."

"If we pull back now maybe it's the right thing. But are we not getting hurt strategically? A lot of countries will look at us and say, you know, those guys don't quite know what they're doing there."

"Had he thought ahead, you know, international relations is like playing three-dimensional chess."

"The members of Congress would have understood and they could have made their arguments in a longer term way."