Flying Blind in 2005

Last month John Kerry was telling us he had a plan to get more allies on-side and get U.S. toops out of Iraq, but wouldn’t tell us how, when or where.

Now, Bob Novak reports that President Bush is considering a pullout from Iraq next year. But the administration won’t confirm if that’s true or not:

The reality of hard decisions ahead is obscured by blather on both sides in a presidential campaign. Six weeks before the election, Bush cannot be expected to admit even the possibility of a quick withdrawal. Sen. John Kerry’s political aides, still languishing in fantastic speculation about European troops to the rescue, do not even ponder a quick exit. But Kerry supporters with foreign policy experience speculate that if elected, their candidate would take the same escape route.

Here’s a crazy thought: wouldn’t it be nice if the candidates told us what they intended to do about Iraq before the election, so we could, you know, make an informed choice?