Quote Originally Posted by T. Jefferson View Post
If American political leaders are willing to admit that they underestimated the difficulty in political reconciliation in the Sunni / Shia conflict, what is the next step?
Have a drink?

Seriously, there has to be a reevaluation of political strategy to match or at least approximate what is happening on the ground. Personally I see the Iraqi Parliament's vacation as something of a Nero-like violin concert.

Admiral Mullen's had similarly blunt words on Iraq this week.

Tom