Ed Koch ‘bailing out’ on support for war. [View All]

[Ian David]

Ed Koch ‘bailing out’ on support for war.

Last year, former New York City mayor Ed Koch attacked war critics for their attempts to “weaken the president“:

There is something terribly wrong with people seeking to demean and weaken the president in war time, thereby strengthening our country’s enemies. As a result of the language and tactics of those opposed to our presence in Iraq, our enemies have been emboldened, believing the American public to be sharply divided on the war, and in fact at war with itself.

But in the Politico today, Koch bails out:

I’m bailing out. I will no longer defend the policy of keeping U.S. troops in Iraq to assist the Iraqi central government in the ongoing civil war.


More:
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/20/ed-koch-bailing-out-on-support-for-war/