Bush is "in a very tight spot," said Henri Barkey, a Lehigh University professor who was a State Department policy-planning expert on Iraq.
State Department policy-planning expert on Iraq? Is that an oxymoron or what? Maybe a double oxymoron, even. Or a triple.
Meanwhile, David Rothkopf, a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace fellow and the author of "Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power," somewhat more specifically, says:
"I don't think, in modern American history, there is another example of such egregious failure of policy and execution. We're really seeing something unprecedented here. Even Vietnam was a slower decline, and the military forces were more in balance. ... I don't know anyone who thinks there is an outcome in Iraq now that is hopeful."
"These ruthless acts of violence are deplorable," White House spokesbimbo Scott Stanzel said, helpfully.
In the end, my guess would be, we're going to have to fight our way out.
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