More Success

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Paul Kiel pretty much sums up the US's dreadful position in Iraq by asking,

[H]ow will [we] know whether things are going well ... enough to expect any troop withdrawals before the end of the year? As Gen. David Petraeus made abundantly clear this week, it's not clear.

But wait. GI George is about to state emphatically that "We have renewed and revived the prospect of success"—whatever the hell that means. (This is kind of reminiscent of another loser's attempt to make the best of a horrid situation by gleefully announcing he'd been part of a "three way split decision for third place.")

No siree. Couldn't see all of this coming.