….his surge talk is just pure nonsense though; NONE of the bench marks have even been given a sniff.

2006 was the bloodiest year of them all and these numbers appear to me to be about comparisons, only in Baghdad and environs, of the casualty rates to 2007.

Again,-no political process at all and Shiite death squads cleaning up with our resources.

McCain: “Folks, this surge is working-don’t let those pesky facts get in the way of this shiny new groupthink meme”

That said, he is indeed the least unpalatable….by far