AT LEAST THE BRASS IS CONSISTENT

2004:

Stunningly, last week, Chairman of Joint Chiefs Richard Myers, with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld at his side, said: "There is no way to militarily lose in Iraq. There is also no way to militarily win in Iraq." WSJ, 5/20/04



2005:

"This insurgency is not going to be settled - the terrorists and the terrorism in Iraq is not going to be settled - through military options or military operations," Brig. Gen. Donald Alston, the chief military spokesman in Iraq, told Knight Ridder earlier this month. "It's going to be settled in the political process." 6/20/05