This latest post by Juan Cole is a frightening read. There is no way to lie, dance or spin one's way out of this, the result of the great neo-con. Just this one little quote in the post says it all:
As I have pointed out before, when you can have this kind of coordinated bomb attack in Baghdad, including attacks on US convoys and even a tank, we may conclude that the US military simply does not control the capital of the country it conquered two years ago.
The Great Neo-Con
(my link title, not Dr. Cole's)