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"If the U.S. fails in Iraq, Bush and Rumsfeld will be to blame, just as President Lyndon Johnson and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara were, for grossly misjudging the difficulty of the task and the strength of U.S. will, as well as for mishandling the war, the diplomacy and the domestic politics.

But all of us -- including Democrats in Congress -- will pay the consequences. It behooves them, if they win in November, not to repeat history."

Mort is arguing against a withdrawal from Iraq and the idea of handing the Iraqi government over to a fundamentalist regime. But Pelosi and Reid are so dumb, I'm not sure they would listen to Mort if they win next month. But I'm confident that the GOP will retain control of both the House and the Senate in next month's election.