Final Throes Friedman

If I never hear the phrase "we'll know how the war is going in the next several months" or "six months" again it won't be too soon.

But I know that with Bush in charge, the phrase, "We have about six months to pacify Tehran" is in our future.

Meanwhile, in the current clusterfuck (as Bush works on manufacturing the trifecta):

As violence explodes in Iraq — with 65 tortured bodies found today as well as a spate of car bombing and mortar fire that killed at least 39 people — a U.S. official warns that time is running out.

"If sectarian violence cannot be demonstrably, tangibly reduced … (then) over the next several months an Iraqi government that represents all of its people, is a partner against terror and is at peace both at home and with its neighbors, will be difficult if not impossible to achieve," David Satterfield, a senior State Department advisor for Iraq, said Wednesday on Capitol Hill, reports CBS News national security correspondent David Martin.

"Failure means the possibility that Iraq would become a permanent haven for terrorists, a satellite of Iranian influence, or both," Satterfield said.

"Will be difficult" oooooh, you think so? Because surely the evidence so far has been it's a FUCKING PIECE OF CAKE!!!