At the close of an extended discussion of Afghanistan, in which he repeatedly suggested that the Obama administration was insufficiently committed to fighting America's longest war, Ryan actually suggested: "We are already sending Americans to do the job, but fewer of them. That's the whole problem."
On Iran, Ryan was so bombastic that an incredulous Biden finally asked: "What are you -- you're going to go to war? Is that what you want to do?"
Ryan did not answer in the affirmative Thursday night in Danville.
Neither did Cheney 12 years ago in Danville.
But Cheney signaled his inclinations in the 2000 vice presidential debate. And Ryan has signaled his intentions this year -- confirming that the neoconservative fantasy, despite having been discredited by experience, dies hard on the neocon fringe of the Grand Old Party.
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