[vbmoneyspender]

Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, warned yesterday that the United States is now "dangerously close" to losing control on the ground in Iraq.

"We're talking not only about the insurgency, partly by outsiders, but also about a religious dynamic that is very difficult to deal with," Hagel said in an interview. "You have the most combustible elements at play here. If it all blows at the same time, Abizaid knows that we probably will not get control of it again."

Ole Chuck never misses a chance to stick his finger in the wind and to then re-position himself based on which way he perceives the wind to be blowing.

[Fury]

Ole Chuck never misses a chance to stick his finger in the wind and to then re-position himself based on which way he perceives the wind to be blowing.

Wish Tom Osborne would consider a run for the Senate...

[mwl1]

If we were to level this area with air power, would it make matters much worse, ie, inciting radicals all over the country, or would it serve as a prudent example to others to stop this nonsense?

Are these people reasonable, or stupid? They literally want to bite the hand that feeds them.