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Basically we are at the position where there are no good choices, and we have been in this position for a long time. The only question is which of many truly bad choices is the best which can be made.
Cutting through the bleep -- the real situation in Bagdad is very simple. The duly elected government of Iraq is in bed with Madhi-army extremists and Sadr's factions. The government has no real intent of reining them in.
Bush intends starting an urban guerilla war, inside Bagdad, with an additional 16,000 troups... to supress these factions.
How can anybody think that this will work, or have an exit strategy, or avoid creating a huge number of new anti-american terrorists?
