"so you don't have to"

Read? Watch Fox? Jump to conclusions?
That's the ticket. I don't. Well maybe the last one,
but with reason. You should verify.
Military.com "Ruining America"
LA Times/Truthout "Not America's Man in Iraq."

Reality is a lot of flip-flop. Especially near elections, and it depends who and where you are speaking. But normally, a closer read will explain there is nuance.
There is a difference between timetables and benchmarks, even though they are both furniture that can be moved later.

And being someone's man, is not what freedom or progress is about.

It would seem that the leader in Iraq cannot be seen tied too close to the U.S. in Iraq for him to be successful, yet the whole divide represents the dillemma that there is flip flop for political consumption and we are dining on an international menu. This does not excuse flip flop, but putting the blame on nuance is why we got where we are.

Jumping to conclusions so I don't have to read,
you may just trust, or you can verify too.
[Note: links may or may not have been read by me or never even used before.]