Helena Cobban, here
"...Though Bush has given Gen. Petraeus broad latitude to cherry-pick whatever he wants out of the US force-planning system, the US budget, etc., in fact there is no way Petraeus or any other commander can "win" in Iraq. Indeed-- as we saw demonstrated very clearly during last week's hearings-- there is not even any publicly announced definition of what "winning" would mean there.
This is the "sinkhole" aspect of the problem. You pour in money and service-members, and they just get gobbled up..."
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