Now I swear that I am willing to accept that possibly I am a wretched fool deserving no consideration who imagines himself capable of talking things military because... well... because war just has a way of making a man feel good about the world --
but when General Casey announces that if in six months or so things seem ok in a born again Baghdad then American troops will be able to start going home - isn't he in effect telling the 'bad guys' that if they just play nice for a few months all their wishes will come true? I mean, one of the possible tactics to be employed by the insurgents will be to wait out the putative surge - so why are we telling them to do just that? Is there a cunning at work here that passes understanding?
Is it all just a big lie but some are better at telling it than others? Or has the idiocy afflicting Bush metastasized and overwhelmed erstwhile healthy organs in the body politik?
