Broder on Afghanistan: Better a Quick Choice Than the Right One

It’s pretty clear, I think, that the Obama administration’s decision-making process on Afghanistan has left something to be desired. At the same time, given that the initial round of policy reviews didn’t lead to a satisfactory outcome I certainly think it’s better for the administration to try to take its time crafting a policy that it stands behind rather than to rush to rubber-stamp something purely in order to make the policy look smoother. But Steve Benen finds that David Broder actually thinks “the urgent necessity is to make a decision — whether or not it is right.”

I can’t believe he actually thinks that. But, again, this is one of these moments when you wonder what the editors of newspaper opinion sections are for. Surely this would have been a good opportunity for someone to say “David, you don’t really mean that do you?”