Now so late it's never

Much has been written and said since the election about how to turn around the situation in Iraq. Even the President seems alarmed, or maybe just more interested in his work.

At this stage they're no longer recommendations, they're regrets.

All these articles, and Bush suddenly taking an interest in his job should have happened 18 mos ago. Me, I'm concentrating on getting my terps out.

In two weeks the hearings start, and it's over. By Spring the Dems will have so tarred Bush&Co with the contractor (justly) and oil (more nuanced) brushes that he'll be as weak as Nixon in 74 by summer. It's over. Start doing triage, and accept the position of Byzantium at the end of the 7th century.

Oh BTW if you can't read a map, losing Iraq means it's over for Afghanistan as well.