Have you heard WBush these past few days? After his head-down muttering when seated with Lee Hamilton and James Baker, he went off like before...using those same words in the report to return right back to "stay the course", only calling it "Going forward in Iraq", about a hundred times.

Now "bloodbath" has entered the US pols' vocabulary. It'll be a "bloodbath" if the US leaves Iraq too quickly.

The "reality" is we have lost...even STAUNCH invader-supporter Tom Friedman of NYTimes has said it, on Imus last week.

It is NOT a simpleton's chant to say "Cut and Run".

It's the best option, is what it is, and I'll say it every day.

The Vietnamese straightened up their mess we left them and Iraq will, too...even though I am in the growing camp that is starting to believe there IS NO IRAQ ANYMORE...it's evolved into a killing field with so many differences amongst Shiia and Sunnis and Kurds that if it ever calms down Iran and Syria will have redefined the borders without any Western influence.

It's really time to pull the US and Halliburton out of there and start developing alternate energy sources.

It's also time to quit covering Bush's behind...he's the one responsible for the Iraq mess, and it's time to CUT AND RUN and let the pieces fall where they may and let the residue fall directly on the head of this idiot president who has ruined the outlook the world has on the US.