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I also disagree that S&A has failed. Who ever said that the result of that would be that the whole gov't would immediately fold? Not Rummy or Franks or Bush, I assure you. They have maintained from day one this would be a longer conflict than some believed.

Really, there are indications that large parts of the Iraqi military have folded and we have not had to deal with the entire "might" of the Iraqis, and if there were some way to get rid of the thugs in the military/paramilitary who have shown themselves willing to slay their own comrades-in-arms, many more would have folded. To maintain that this is not an act of this play just waiting in the wings for now is premature.

But then, I've always been an incurable optimist of the "Polyanna" degree...