That's fair right?

When the Iraq Study Group report comes back, the end result will undoubtedly be one last effort to "preserve our nation's honor" -- which means, of course, to preserve the legacy of George Bush, Dick Cheney, Joe Lieberman et al.

Young kids get to die so old men don't look bad.

Same ol' same ol'.


Iraq -- also the same ol' same ol':

The Shiite prime minister promised Sunday to reshuffle his Cabinet after calling lawmakers disloyal and blaming Sunni Muslims for raging sectarian violence that claimed at least 159 more lives, including 35 men blown apart while waiting to join Iraq's police force.

Among the unusually high number of dead were 50 bodies found behind a regional electrical company in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, and 25 others found scattered throughout the capital. Three U.S. troops were reported killed, as were four British service members.

Also Sunday, the country's Sunni defense minister challenged Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's contention that the U.S. military should quickly pull back into bases and let the Iraqi army take control of security countrywide.

Defense Minister Abdul-Qadir al-Obaidi rejected calls by al-Maliki for the U.S. military to speed transfer of security operations throughout the country to the Iraqi army, saying his men still were too poorly equipped and trained to do the job.

It looks like the Democrats are, at this moment going for phased-withdrawal. Beginning well-within an F.U.

Good, as long as we admit at best a draw (and a bad one often known in common parlence as a tactical defeat) and talk to the insurgents AND Iran & Syria while we are at it.