Our secretary of state
says:
Rice told TIME she believes the insurgents are "losing steam" as a political force, even though their ability to kill and maim at will appears undiminished. When Rice points to "rather quiet political progress" while the country remains embroiled in chaos, even some of her backers cringe. Says a Republican elder statesman: "I don't have any sense of where she thinks she's going on Iraq."
Insurgents are losing steam? They've never been more lethal. They've never been more organized. They've never been more effective.
Yet the best the administration can do is keep talking about turning corners, last throes, and lost steam?
We can't afford to continue with this current crop of incompetents.