Head On

So, Mr. Bush said today that we are not leaving Iraq until the job is done. So why is he bothering with his meeting with Al-Maliki? Mr. Cheney was summoned to Saudi to have a chat about the war. Maybe the Princes will tell him how to solve the Iraqi problem.

In case Mr. Bush hasn't noticed Iraq is in worse than a civil war. There are more than two sides fighting each other. It's a giant mess.

How do we now describe victory? Obviously it's not democracy so perhaps it's that the Iraqis don't have enough electricity to be subjected to the Head On ads.

David Gergin said on Hardball that failure is the only option but the challenge is how can we leave without chaos.

How indeed.