This New York Times article on the mendacious incompetence of the people running the Iraq strategy should be read all the way through.
One thing it's important to highlight was just how much the Tinkerbell Strategy of the 101st Fighting Keyboarders has been responsible for the disaster in Iraq. Tough questions, early on, might have helped save their pet war. To them, Dear Leader can do no wrong.
I don't know how any of them sleep at night.