Defending the Truth

I've been hearing a little bit of buzz regarding a speech Newt Gingrich gave this past week in which he said, "We are engaged in a phony war". When this quote is put into context it makes a little bit more sense so I have posted a link where you can view some of his speech for yourself.
I have a couple of questions that I would like to throw out there regarding this comment made by Gingrich. First, was his choice of words potentially damaging to the Republicans stance on the War. It seems to me that individuals from the more liberal side of the political spectrum will have a field day with this.
My second question is whether or not this could possibly be the basis or thought that republicans could use to move away from full support of the war and how it's been waged to rejection of the status quo and the adoption of a plan that would be more "popular".

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