Brookings Michael O'Hanlon, who seems to define the left flank of acceptable opinion on Iraq in this country, is on the local NPR show. Things I've learned:
- 2007 is the "make or break year" during which we need "one last gasp" and "one last try"
- He supports escalation, but only if a bunch of things which aren't going to happen do happen, but on balance he supports escalation
- We were never able to implement the "clear, hold, and build" strategy which I know is a lie because The Last Honest Man told me he saw that it was working.
- I turned it off, so maybe he said it, but I didn't hear what we should do if two F.U.s from now things are still FUBAR.
