But they did so without acknowledging that their "history" was based on dubious sources.
It's a tempting formula, reaping domestic political credit for withdrawal without acknowledging that the mission has failed.
Wells is in a cold war with Stottlemyre, doing what he asks without acknowledging that Stottlemyre's suggestions matter.
We are fixated by the whole mindset of Britain's Got Talent, without acknowledging that Britain's Got Problems.
But he did so months after the commission's report in December 2010, and largely without acknowledging that he was borrowing from its recommendations.
Mr Obama was speaking in the imperative, we must, they must, without acknowledging that you need a plan B. Mr McCain is speaking more generally about bolstering friends.
I explained that I was offline for an afternoon for a school event instead of just responding to e-mail without acknowledging that I wasn't working.
But Clinton seemed too untroubled by her role as judge and jury of what's personal, without acknowledging that the personal is sometimes inseparable from the historic.
(Mr. Perle notes that the Taliban is still active in southern Afghanistan without acknowledging that it is also on the rise).
A lot of the rhetoric used is from the Don Dunstan era, without acknowledging that the state has lost a lot of its progressive tendencies since then.
Commentators often quote statistics on initial residency rulings, without acknowledging that most unresolved disputes centre on maintaining the agreed contact – an entirely different issue.
