The very people in charge of the campaign is now admit that it’s turned into a “major debacle,” the outcome “in doubt,” despite a buildup of ground support in the most critical parts of the countryside. The “long term impact” of what has become a internecine war “has not been calculated.” Of course, many blame the strategy developed at the outset of the campaign, and accuse campaign strategists of overconfidence, allocating only what resources were requited for an early knockout. Others go straight to the top, charging leaders with exhibiting what was in “many instances an imperious attitude.” The chief campaign strategist was fired, but the thing won’t seem to end, despite increasing calls to withdraw from the fight and to concentrate on the real foe.
HIllary in Pennsylvania? No, the most damning asessment yet of America in Iraq. Brought to you, well, by the folks who designed the damn thing.
I’ve seen a lot of pics from Iraq. More than I should, maybe. But none so damning as this.
This photo, ripped from the ever-insightful BagNewsNotes, was originally published in the Washington Post’s online photo gallery on April as these kids’ father left for his second tour in Iraq. For all the McCain supporters out there, so willing to witness a hundred-years photostream of shots like these, I give you The Doors:
