Greg Sargent on the O'Donnell-Sheehan Dust-Up

Here.

Few suggestions:

1. Contrary to what Sargent claims, O'Donnell does not seem to be "grossly charicatur[ing] [the] anti-war position on Iraq." Rather, she's attributing this view to Sheehan.

2. Sheehan doesn't clearly deny that she would teleport all the troops home right now if that were in her power. She says:

"...we can't fly planes over and pick them all up tomorrow. It would take a few months. And it has to be as safe for our soldiers and as safe for the Iraqi people as possible. But it would have to be as soon as possible.

That last bit suggests that she wouldn't teleport them if possible, but it's unclear. All she clearly says in this regard is that it's not possible to get them out immediately...not that she wouldn't do so if possible. We can't tell what she thinks from this without knowing whether she thinks that immediate withdrawal (via, e.g. teleportation) would be harmful for our troops and the Iraqis.

Sounds like O'Donnell was out of line in this interview, but Sargent's points here seem rather wide of the mark.