Although the headlines indicate that Newt Gingrich's refreshingly non-hateful rap on the issue of illegal immigrants was the most news worthy part of last night's CNN GOP debate on foreign policy (Newt dared to use the "C" word – referring to comprehensive immigration reform), the best exchange of the night flew between Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman regarding the U.S. involvement in Afghanistan.
Bottom line: Huntsman is with the majority of the American public in calling for the withdrawal of troops from a win that we will not "win," while Romney is content to stay with the status quo and listen to "the generals," which as the former Utah Governor elegantly replied, a lot of good that did us when we tried that in Vietnam.
This article appears in Nov 24-30, 2011.