The Long Haul?

Reminder to '08 candidates that the administration's digging in our collective heels in Iraq.

It does seem that, for the most part, Democrats may understand this dilemma better than the increasingly cornered GOP, with news this evening that "Senate Democrats are drafting legislation to limit the mission of U.S. troops in Iraq, effectively revoking the broad authority Congress granted in 2002" with one tentative proposal being to then "restrict American troops in Iraq to combating al-Qaida, training Iraqi army and police forces, maintaining Iraq's territorial integrity and otherwise proceeding with the withdrawal of combat forces".

But I am still not 100% sure even they understand the magnitude of the all-consuming Iraq problem. Adding to the tough political road in actually getting any proposed exit strategy pushed through, the powers that be continuing ramping up while we discuss winding down. The longer the President's war has been allowed to continue, the harder it will be to climb out of the hole he is digging.

Beyond just keeping that in mind for now, it's a good lesson to learn for the future.

[PS- British newspapers speculate on another reason Blair chose now to begin withdrawals.

UPDATE: We're really circling the drain now... they're resurrecting Ahmed Chalabi.]