William Kristol was just on Fox braying about the need to send many additional troops to Iraq. Ain't gonna happen, folks. Tonite was primarily, though not exclusively, the result of the Iraq war and it means that James Baker will come up with some "bipartisan" solution, whereby the US will leave semi-gracefully and things will fall apart rapidly. No Republican will want to run with Iraq in the background in 2008, given what's happened to their colleagues tonite.
Baker as Kissinger, who'd thunk it?
The only question is, can we slink out fast enough to avoid a complete cut off of funds for the pull out.
And one more, is there a helipad on the roof of the US embassy in Baghdad? (And in Kabul too!?). .... Pelosi is on Fox, saying that we need a change of direction in Iraq. Does anyone honestly believe she means sending in more troops, more air power, and blasting every "insurgent" stronghold into rubble? Don't think so.