"When will our troops come home?"

That's what Senator Joe Biden, ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, asks in an op-ed piece at the Post today: "Over the next six months, we must forge a sustainable political compromise between Iraqi factions, strengthen the Iraqi government and bolster reconstruction efforts, and accelerate the training of Iraqi forces."

The problem is, there are just so many shoulds. Is Bush up to the task? Or will he continue to play politics? I suspect the latter.

For more, scroll down or see my previous post here.

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On the right, Captain's Quarters responds.

The Glittering Eye has an excellent post: "The most pernicious of the many errors we’ve made over the last several years is the notion that we can achieve good things in Iraq or in the War on Terror without substantial costs. That just isn’t going to happen. Come what may there will be major political, social, economic, and human costs."