Quote of the Day

"As one who always thought the word "surge" was ridiculous, I find it pointless to complain that even President George W. Bush uses the term as a cover for retreat...It makes no sense to announce that the more we surge, the faster we can be out of there; everybody knows that unless the United States affirms its iron determination to stick around and to hold the ring, every faction in Iraq will start making its accommodations to a future that will be arbitrated instead by local militias and cross-border neighbors."

-- Christopher Hitchens