MALIKI NIL SADR 1

So much for Teh Surge. It's starting to look like we'll never get out of Iraq.

Paltry results of Iraqi offensive silence U.S. withdrawal talk
By Warren P. Strobel and Nancy A. Youssef McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Tuesday, April 1, 2008

"There is no empirical evidence that the Iraqi forces can stand up" on their own, a senior U.S. military official in Washington said, reflecting the frustration of some at the Pentagon.

In the larger sense, "this is a reminder that nothing has changed," said a senior State Department official, who also wasn't authorized to speak publicly.