Great, Bobby...! Just exactly what George wants to hear...! [w/UPDATE]

george will be so happy that you're following the script... he wouldn't have nominated you if he thought you wouldn't, but ya never know... when it's crunch time, you find out just how much loyalty some people REALLY have...

When asked by incoming Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) if he believed that the United States was winning the war in Iraq, Gates replied with a terse "no."

"What we are now doing is not satisfactory," Gates said.

"In my view, all options are on the table, in terms of how we address this problem in Iraq," the former CIA director added.

Gates said that the U.S. "is going to have to have some presence in Iraq for a long time."

well, that little bit about not winning the war was a bit harsh, but, hell, with the rest of it, it's not a biggie... let's hope the first one gets the headlines and folks won't pay much attention to the rest...

[UPDATE]

damn...! i sure called THAT one right...! i've just cruised through at least a half dozen blogs and every single one of them is highlighting gates' comment on NOT winning in iraq and virtually NONE of them are talking about the u.s. "going to have some presence in iraq for a long time..." (and, no, i'm not going to provide links... go find them youselves... i'm having coffee at borders...!)

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