Set narrative: The Surge is working--Set prediction: The Dems and Repubs will cave---

Set reality: At least another 1000 troops and thousands more Iraqis will be dead by Jan 2009.

unfortunately.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

"All of our top military commanders recognize that there is no military solution in Iraq. And no matter how brilliantly and bravely our troops and their commanders perform, they cannot and should not bear the responsibility of resolving grievances at the heart of Iraq's civil war. No military surge can succeed without political reconciliation and a surge of diplomacy in Iraq and the region. Iraq's leaders are not reconciling. They are not achieving political benchmarks. The only thing they seem to have agreed on is to take a vacation. That is why I have pushed for a careful and responsible redeployment of troops engaged in combat operations out of Iraq, joined with direct and sustained diplomacy in the region. And that is why I will continue to push the President to change our policy."

http://www.barackobama.com/2007/08/21/remarks_of_senator_obama_a_sac.php

OTOH, maybe not.

Chorus:

All we are saying
Is give war a chance.


I have to go throwup now.

Because they likely won't act.