Appearance and reality

Says here that Republican members of Congress are beginning to notice not everything’s hunky-dory in Iraq.  

“It's like after Katrina, when the secretary of homeland security was saying all those people weren't really stranded when we were all watching it on TV," said Rep. Patrick T. McHenry (R-N.C.). "I still hear about that. We can't look like we won't face reality.”

Careful wording. We can still avoid facing reality. We just can’t look that way.